haiwan

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /haˈiwan/ [haˈi.wan]
• Rhymes: -iwan
• Hyphenation: hai‧wan

haiwan (Jawi spelling حيوان, plural haiwan-haiwan)

1. animal

   Synonyms: binatang, satwa

haiwan (Jawi spelling حيوان)

1. animal (of animals)

   Synonyms: binatang, satwa

• > Indonesian: hewan (inherited)
• → Ternate: haiwan
• → West Makian: haiwan

Perhaps borrowed from Arabic حيوان (ḥayawān, “animal, beast”).

haiwan c

1. (slang) animal, beast (as an invective towards someone not considered appropriately serious or the like)

• Slangopedia

Borrowed from Malay haiwan, borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

• IPA^(key): /ha.i.ˈwan/

haiwan

1. animal

   Synonym: binatang

2. insect

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Borrowed from Malay haiwan, borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.i.wan̪/

haiwan

1. bird

   Synonym: namu

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics (as haywan)