حوزة

Arabic

Etymology

Singulative noun of حَوْز‎ (ḥawz), the verbal noun of حَازَ‎ (ḥāza), from the root ح و ز‎ (ḥ-w-z).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaw.za/

Noun

حَوْزَة • (ḥawza) f (plural حَوْزَات‎ (ḥawzāt))

  1. possession (all meanings)
  2. sphere, field, range, catchment
  3. (Islam, Shiism) Hawza (seminary for clerics)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: hövzə
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حوزه‎ (havze)
  • → Persian: حوزه‎ (howze)

References

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