هوية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of هُوَ (huwa, “he”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya). Compare ماهِيّة (māhiyya).

Noun

هُوِيَّة • (huwiyya) f (plural هُوِيَّات (huwiyyāt))

Declension

Declension of noun **هُوِيَّة** (huwiyya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هُوِيَّة huwiyya	الْهُوِيَّة al-huwiyya	هُوِيَّة huwiyyat
nominative	هُوِيَّةٌ huwiyyatun	الْهُوِيَّةُ al-huwiyyatu	هُوِيَّةُ huwiyyatu
accusative	هُوِيَّةً huwiyyatan	الْهُوِيَّةَ al-huwiyyata	هُوِيَّةَ huwiyyata
genitive	هُوِيَّةٍ huwiyyatin	الْهُوِيَّةِ al-huwiyyati	هُوِيَّةِ huwiyyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هُوِيَّتَيْن huwiyyatayn	الْهُوِيَّتَيْن al-huwiyyatayn	هُوِيَّتَيْ huwiyyatay
nominative	هُوِيَّتَانِ huwiyyatāni	الْهُوِيَّتَانِ al-huwiyyatāni	هُوِيَّتَا huwiyyatā
accusative	هُوِيَّتَيْنِ huwiyyatayni	الْهُوِيَّتَيْنِ al-huwiyyatayni	هُوِيَّتَيْ huwiyyatay
genitive	هُوِيَّتَيْنِ huwiyyatayni	الْهُوِيَّتَيْنِ al-huwiyyatayni	هُوِيَّتَيْ huwiyyatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هُوِيَّات huwiyyāt	الْهُوِيَّات al-huwiyyāt	هُوِيَّات huwiyyāt
nominative	هُوِيَّاتٌ huwiyyātun	الْهُوِيَّاتُ al-huwiyyātu	هُوِيَّاتُ huwiyyātu
accusative	هُوِيَّاتٍ huwiyyātin	الْهُوِيَّاتِ al-huwiyyāti	هُوِيَّاتِ huwiyyāti
genitive	هُوِيَّاتٍ huwiyyātin	الْهُوِيَّاتِ al-huwiyyāti	هُوِيَّاتِ huwiyyāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: hüviyyət
→ Persian: هویت
→ Ottoman Turkish: هویت
- → Turkish: hüviyet

Etymology 2

Root
ه و ي (h w y)
16 terms

Noun

هَوِيَّة • (hawiyya) f (plural هَوِيَّات (hawiyyāt))

a desired thing
a deep well
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) deep terrain, bottomland

Declension

Declension of noun **هَوِيَّة** (hawiyya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوِيَّة hawiyya	الْهَوِيَّة al-hawiyya	هَوِيَّة hawiyyat
nominative	هَوِيَّةٌ hawiyyatun	الْهَوِيَّةُ al-hawiyyatu	هَوِيَّةُ hawiyyatu
accusative	هَوِيَّةً hawiyyatan	الْهَوِيَّةَ al-hawiyyata	هَوِيَّةَ hawiyyata
genitive	هَوِيَّةٍ hawiyyatin	الْهَوِيَّةِ al-hawiyyati	هَوِيَّةِ hawiyyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوِيَّتَيْن hawiyyatayn	الْهَوِيَّتَيْن al-hawiyyatayn	هَوِيَّتَيْ hawiyyatay
nominative	هَوِيَّتَانِ hawiyyatāni	الْهَوِيَّتَانِ al-hawiyyatāni	هَوِيَّتَا hawiyyatā
accusative	هَوِيَّتَيْنِ hawiyyatayni	الْهَوِيَّتَيْنِ al-hawiyyatayni	هَوِيَّتَيْ hawiyyatay
genitive	هَوِيَّتَيْنِ hawiyyatayni	الْهَوِيَّتَيْنِ al-hawiyyatayni	هَوِيَّتَيْ hawiyyatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوِيَّات hawiyyāt	الْهَوِيَّات al-hawiyyāt	هَوِيَّات hawiyyāt
nominative	هَوِيَّاتٌ hawiyyātun	الْهَوِيَّاتُ al-hawiyyātu	هَوِيَّاتُ hawiyyātu
accusative	هَوِيَّاتٍ hawiyyātin	الْهَوِيَّاتِ al-hawiyyāti	هَوِيَّاتِ hawiyyāti
genitive	هَوِيَّاتٍ hawiyyātin	الْهَوِيَّاتِ al-hawiyyāti	هَوِيَّاتِ hawiyyāti

References

جُبْرَان مَسْعُود Jubrān Masʿūd (1964) “هوية”, in الرائد معجم لغوي عصري ar-rāʾid: muʿjam luḡawiyy ʿaṣriyy‎^[1], 7th edition, Beirut: دار العلم للملايين Dar Al Malayin, published 1992, →OCLC, page 847

Francis Johnson (1852), “هوية”, in A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1406

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha.wij.je/, [haˈwij.je]
IPA^(key): /ha.wij.ja/, [haˈwij.ja]
Audio (Jerusalem): (file)

Noun

هويّة • (hawiyye) f

identity
(metonymic) identity card
بطاقة الهويّة ― biṭāqat il-hawiyye ― identity card

Audio (Ramallah): (file)