حواري

See also: حواری and حوارى

Arabic

Etymology

From Ge'ez ሐዋርያ (ḥäwarəya, “traveller; messenger, envoy; apostle”), from ሖረ (ḥorä, “to walk up, to go forth”) which corresponds to Arabic حَارَ (ḥāra, “to return”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.waː.rijj/

Noun

حَوَارِيّ • (ḥawāriyy) m (plural حَوَارِيُّون (ḥawāriyyūn))

(Islam) an apostle (leading disciple) of Jesus
Synonym: (Christian use) رَسُول (rasūl)
(Sufism) a disciple, student of mysticism

Declension

Declension of noun **حَوَارِيّ** (ḥawāriyy)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَوَارِي ḥawārī	الْحَوَارِي al-ḥawārī	حَوَارِي ḥawārī
nominative	حَوَارِيٌّ ḥawāriyyun	الْحَوَارِيُّ al-ḥawāriyyu	حَوَارِيُّ ḥawāriyyu
accusative	حَوَارِيًّا ḥawāriyyan	الْحَوَارِيَّ al-ḥawāriyya	حَوَارِيَّ ḥawāriyya
genitive	حَوَارِيٍّ ḥawāriyyin	الْحَوَارِيِّ al-ḥawāriyyi	حَوَارِيِّ ḥawāriyyi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَوَارِيَّيْن ḥawāriyyayn	الْحَوَارِيَّيْن al-ḥawāriyyayn	حَوَارِيَّيْ ḥawāriyyay
nominative	حَوَارِيَّانِ ḥawāriyyāni	الْحَوَارِيَّانِ al-ḥawāriyyāni	حَوَارِيَّا ḥawāriyyā
accusative	حَوَارِيَّيْنِ ḥawāriyyayni	الْحَوَارِيَّيْنِ al-ḥawāriyyayni	حَوَارِيَّيْ ḥawāriyyay
genitive	حَوَارِيَّيْنِ ḥawāriyyayni	الْحَوَارِيَّيْنِ al-ḥawāriyyayni	حَوَارِيَّيْ ḥawāriyyay
plural	sound masculine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَوَارِيِّين ḥawāriyyīn	الْحَوَارِيِّين al-ḥawāriyyīn	حَوَارِيِّي ḥawāriyyī
nominative	حَوَارِيُّونَ ḥawāriyyūna	الْحَوَارِيُّونَ al-ḥawāriyyūna	حَوَارِيُّو ḥawāriyyū
accusative	حَوَارِيِّينَ ḥawāriyyīna	الْحَوَارِيِّينَ al-ḥawāriyyīna	حَوَارِيِّي ḥawāriyyī
genitive	حَوَارِيِّينَ ḥawāriyyīna	الْحَوَارِيِّينَ al-ḥawāriyyīna	حَوَارِيِّي ḥawāriyyī

Descendants

→ Persian: حواری (havâri)
- → Urdu: حَوَاری (havārī)
→ Turkish: havari

References

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Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 115–116
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “حواري”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 666.
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