ہوا

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوا (hawā), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”). Akin to Punjabi ہوا (havā).

• IPA^(key): /hə.vaː/

ہَوا (transliteration needed) f (Devanagari हवा)

1. wind, breeze
2. air

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀽𑀤 (bhūda), from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “become, been”), perfect participle of भवति (bhavati, “to become”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦuː.ɑː/

ہُوا • (huā) (Hindi spelling हुआ)

1. inflection of ہونا (honā):
   1. masculine singular perfective participle
   2. masculine singular perfect indicative

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوا (hawā), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “air”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

ہَوا • (havā) f (Hindi spelling हवा)

1. air
2. wind; breeze

• ہَوائی اَڈَّہ (havāī aḍḍa, “airport”)
• ہَوائی جَہاز (havāī jahāz, “airplane”)

• “ہوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ہوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

From Urdu ہوا (hūā).

ہوا (hōā)

1. happened