هواء

Arabic

Root
ه و ي (h w y)
16 terms

Etymology 1

From the root ه و ي (h w y), meaning a hole or hollow, a depression or declivity, a valley or chasm, hence the empty space or air that fills them.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha.waːʔ/

Noun

هَوَاء • (hawāʔ) m (plural أَهْوِيَة (ʔahwiya))

(uncountable) air
(uncountable) atmosphere
synonym of جَوّ (jaww, “the apparently open space above the ground”)
empty space, vacancy, void
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:43:
  وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَوَاءٌ
  waʔafʔidatuhum hawāʔun
  Their hearts are vain.

Declension

Declension of noun **هَوَاء** (hawāʔ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ
nominative	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءُ hawāʔu
accusative	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءَ hawāʔa
genitive	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءِ hawāʔi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوَاءَيْن hawāʔayn	الْهَوَاءَيْن al-hawāʔayn	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
nominative	هَوَاءَانِ hawāʔāni	الْهَوَاءَانِ al-hawāʔāni	هَوَاءَا hawāʔā
accusative	هَوَاءَيْنِ hawāʔayni	الْهَوَاءَيْنِ al-hawāʔayni	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
genitive	هَوَاءَيْنِ hawāʔayni	الْهَوَاءَيْنِ al-hawāʔayni	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَهْوِيَة ʔahwiya	الْأَهْوِيَة al-ʔahwiya	أَهْوِيَة ʔahwiyat
nominative	أَهْوِيَةٌ ʔahwiyatun	الْأَهْوِيَةُ al-ʔahwiyatu	أَهْوِيَةُ ʔahwiyatu
accusative	أَهْوِيَةً ʔahwiyatan	الْأَهْوِيَةَ al-ʔahwiyata	أَهْوِيَةَ ʔahwiyata
genitive	أَهْوِيَةٍ ʔahwiyatin	الْأَهْوِيَةِ al-ʔahwiyati	أَهْوِيَةِ ʔahwiyati

Derived terms

هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy)

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: هوا (hawa)
Gulf Arabic: هوا (hawa)
Maltese: hewwa
Moroccan Arabic: هوا (hawa, hwa)
→ Afar: hawá (“climate”)
→ Amharic: ህዋ (həwa)
→ Azerbaijani: hava
→ Armenian: հավա (hava)
→ Bashkir: һауа (hawa)
→ Bhojpuri: हवा (havā)
→ Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa)
→ Georgian: ჰავა (hava)
→ Ge'ez: ህዋ (həwa), ሕዋ (ḥəwa)
→ Gujarati: હવા (havā)
→ Harari: ሐዋእ (ḥäwaʾ)
→ Hindi: हवा (havā)
→ Indonesian: hawa
→ Javanese: hawa
→ Judeo-Tat: hovo / гьово / האָבאָ (hovo)
→ Karaim: хъава (xava)
→ Kazakh: ауа (aua)
→ Khalaj: havâ
Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: hewa
- → Central Kurdish: ھەوا (hewa)
- → Southern Kurdish: ھەوا (hewa)
- → Laki: ھەوا (hewa)
→ Kyrgyz: аба (aba)
→ Lishana Deni: הוא (hawa)
→ Malay: hawa
→ Marathi: हवा (havā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: هواء (hava), هوا (hava)
- Turkish: hava
- → Albanian: hava
- → Greek: χαβάς (chavás)
- → Laz: ხავა (xava)
- → Macedonian: ава (ava)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ха̀ва
  Latin script: hàva
→ Pashto: هوا
→ Persian: هوا (havâ)
- → Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa)
- → Georgian: ჰავა (hava)
  - → Bats: ჰავ (hav)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਹਵਾ (havā)
  Shahmukhi script: هوا (havā)
→ Punjabi: ਹਵਾ (havā)
→ Sindhi: هوا (havâ)
→ Somali: hawo
→ Sundanese: hawa
→ Swahili: hewa
→ Tajik: ҳаво (havo)
→ Tigrinya: ህዋህው (həwahəw)
→ Urdu: ہوا (havā)
→ Uyghur: ھاۋا (hawa)
→ Uzbek: havo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haw.waːʔ/

Noun

هَوَّاء • (hawwāʔ) m (plural هَوَّاؤُونَ (hawwāʔūna), feminine هَوَّاءَة (hawwāʔa)) (rare)

enthusiast

Declension

Declension of noun **هَوَّاء** (hawwāʔ)
singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوَّاء hawwāʔ	الْهَوَّاء al-hawwāʔ	هَوَّاء hawwāʔ	هَوَّاءَة hawwāʔa	الْهَوَّاءَة al-hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَة hawwāʔat
nominative	هَوَّاءٌ hawwāʔun	الْهَوَّاءُ al-hawwāʔu	هَوَّاءُ hawwāʔu	هَوَّاءَةٌ hawwāʔatun	الْهَوَّاءَةُ al-hawwāʔatu	هَوَّاءَةُ hawwāʔatu
accusative	هَوَّاءً hawwāʔan	الْهَوَّاءَ al-hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَ hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَةً hawwāʔatan	الْهَوَّاءَةَ al-hawwāʔata	هَوَّاءَةَ hawwāʔata
genitive	هَوَّاءٍ hawwāʔin	الْهَوَّاءِ al-hawwāʔi	هَوَّاءِ hawwāʔi	هَوَّاءَةٍ hawwāʔatin	الْهَوَّاءَةِ al-hawwāʔati	هَوَّاءَةِ hawwāʔati
dual	masculine			feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوَّاءَيْن hawwāʔayn	الْهَوَّاءَيْن al-hawwāʔayn	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْن hawwāʔatayn	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْن al-hawwāʔatayn	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
nominative	هَوَّاءَانِ hawwāʔāni	الْهَوَّاءَانِ al-hawwāʔāni	هَوَّاءَا hawwāʔā	هَوَّاءَتَانِ hawwāʔatāni	الْهَوَّاءَتَانِ al-hawwāʔatāni	هَوَّاءَتَا hawwāʔatā
accusative	هَوَّاءَيْنِ hawwāʔayni	الْهَوَّاءَيْنِ al-hawwāʔayni	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْنِ hawwāʔatayni	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْنِ al-hawwāʔatayni	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
genitive	هَوَّاءَيْنِ hawwāʔayni	الْهَوَّاءَيْنِ al-hawwāʔayni	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْنِ hawwāʔatayni	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْنِ al-hawwāʔatayni	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوَّائِين hawwāʔīn	الْهَوَّائِين al-hawwāʔīn	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَات hawwāʔāt	الْهَوَّاءَات al-hawwāʔāt	هَوَّاءَات hawwāʔāt
nominative	هَوَّائُونَ‎/هَوَّاؤُونَ hawwāʔūna	الْهَوَّائُونَ‎/الْهَوَّاؤُونَ al-hawwāʔūna	هَوَّائُو‎/هَوَّاؤُو hawwāʔū	هَوَّاءَاتٌ hawwāʔātun	الْهَوَّاءَاتُ al-hawwāʔātu	هَوَّاءَاتُ hawwāʔātu
accusative	هَوَّائِينَ hawwāʔīna	الْهَوَّائِينَ al-hawwāʔīna	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَاتٍ hawwāʔātin	الْهَوَّاءَاتِ al-hawwāʔāti	هَوَّاءَاتِ hawwāʔāti
genitive	هَوَّائِينَ hawwāʔīna	الْهَوَّائِينَ al-hawwāʔīna	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَاتٍ hawwāʔātin	الْهَوَّاءَاتِ al-hawwāʔāti	هَوَّاءَاتِ hawwāʔāti

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hi.waːʔ/

Noun

هِوَاء • (hiwāʔ) m

verbal noun of هَاوَى (hāwā, “to show love towards”)

Declension

Declension of noun **هِوَاء** (hiwāʔ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هِوَاء hiwāʔ	الْهِوَاء al-hiwāʔ	هِوَاء hiwāʔ
nominative	هِوَاءٌ hiwāʔun	الْهِوَاءُ al-hiwāʔu	هِوَاءُ hiwāʔu
accusative	هِوَاءً hiwāʔan	الْهِوَاءَ al-hiwāʔa	هِوَاءَ hiwāʔa
genitive	هِوَاءٍ hiwāʔin	الْهِوَاءِ al-hiwāʔi	هِوَاءِ hiwāʔi