حیوان

See also: حيوان‎

Khalaj

Noun

حَیوان (həyvân) (definite accusative حَیوانؽ‎, plural حَیوانلار‎)

  1. Arabic spelling of həyvân (“animal”)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

حیوانات

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān), probably through Persian حیوان‎ (heyvân).

Noun

حیوان • (hayvan) (plural حیوانات‎ (hayvanat))

  1. animal, any multicellular organism in the clade Animalia
    Synonym: جانور‎ (canavar)
  2. (figuratively) brute, beast, a person who behaves in a uncivilized manner
  3. beast of burden, draught animal, any animal that carries or pulls a load

Derived terms

  • حیوان ناطق‎ (hayvan-ı natık, “human, man”)
  • حیوانجه‎ (hayvanca, “brutal, wild”)
  • حیوانلق‎ (hayvanlık, “brutishness, brutality”)
  • حیوانی‎ (hayvanı, “pertaining to animals”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hayvan
  • → Albanian: hajvan
  • → Greek: χαϊβάνι (chaïváni)
  • → Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hajvan / хајван

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /hajˈvɔn/

  • Rhymes: -ân

Noun

Dari حیوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳайвон (hayvon)

حیوان • (heyvân) (plural حیوانات‎ (heyvânât) or حیوانان‎ (heyvânân))

  1. animal
    Synonym: جانور‎ (jânvar)
    ‏حیوان وحشی‎ ― heyvân-e vahši ― wild animal
  2. (offensive) beast, brute; person who behaves wildly
  3. (literary) life, vital force; (in particular) eternal life
    Synonym: حیات‎ (hayât)
    ‏آب حیوان‎ ― âb-e heyvân ― water of life

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حیوان‎ (heyvân), from Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān).

Noun

حیوان • (haivān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਹੈਵਾਨ)

  1. animal
  2. beast

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حیوان‎ (heyvân), from Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

Noun

حیوان • (haivān) m (Hindi spelling हैवान)

  1. beast
  2. animal

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • حیوانی‎ (haivānī)
  • حیوانیت‎ (haivāniyat, “bestiality”)
  • حیوانیات‎ (haivāniyāt, “zoology”)
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