حيوان

Verbal noun of حَيَّ (ḥayya), ultimately stemming from Proto-West Semitic *ḥayaw- (“to live”). Parallelly found in Hebrew חיה (ḥayyā), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwṭ).

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

حَيَوَان • (ḥayawān) m (plural حَيَوَانَات (ḥayawānāt))

1. animal, beast

   الحَيَوَانُ الْمُفْتَرِسُ يَعِيشُ فِي الْغَابَةِ.

   al-ḥayawānu l-muftarisu yaʕīšu fī l-ḡābati.

   The predatory animal lives in the forest.

2. (collectively) animals, living creatures
3. (archaic) verbal noun of حَيَّ (ḥayya): life; (especially) long, eternal life
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:64:

     وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

     wamā hāḏihi l-ḥayātu d-dunyā ʔillā lahwun walaʕibun waʔinna d-dāra l-ʔāḵirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʕlamūna

     And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter – that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.

From Arabic حَيَوان (ḥayawān).

• IPA^(key): /ħaj.waːn/

حيوان • (ḥaywān) m (plural حيوانات (ḥaywānāt))

1. animal, creature
2. animal (derogatory term for a human being)

حيوان (plural حيوان-حيوان or حيوان٢)

1. Jawi spelling of haiwan.‎

From Arabic حَيَوان (ḥayawān).

• IPA^(key): /ħaj.waːn/, [ħajˈwæːn]

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حيوان • (ḥaywān) m (plural حيوانات (ḥaywānāt))

1. animal, creature
2. animal (derogatory term for a human being)