هوا

See also: ہوا‎

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء‎ (hawāʔ, “air”).

Noun

هوا • (hawa) m

  1. air

Khalaj

Noun

هَوا (havâ) (definite accusative هَوانؽ‎, plural هَوالار‎)

  1. Arabic spelling of havâ (“air, weather”)

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ه و ي‎
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء‎ (hawāʔ, “air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.wa/, /hwaː/
  • (file)

Noun

هوا • (hawa, hwā) m

  1. air

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء‎ (hawāʔ, “air”).

Noun

هوا • (hava)

  1. air, the substance constituting Earth's atmosphere
  2. (chemistry) gas, matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma
  3. weather, the climate or atmospheric condition of a locality
  4. breeze, a light, gentle wind
  5. (music) aria, a musical piece written typically for a solo voice
Derived terms
  • آچیق هوا‎ (açık hava, “fair weather”)
  • هوا ترازوسی‎ (hava terazisi, “barometer”)
  • هوا فشكی‎ (hava fişeği, “sky rocket”)
  • هوالاتمق‎ (havalatmak, “to make or let take air”)
  • هوالانمق‎ (havalanmak, “to take air”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: hava
  • → Greek: χαβάς (chavás)
  • → Laz: ხავა (xava)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ха̀ва
    Latin script: hàva

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Arabic هَوًى‎ (hawan, “desire, love, passion”).

Noun

هوا • (heva) (plural اهوا‎)

  1. liking, the slightest degree of the passion of love
  2. (in the plural) any vain bias, whim, fancy, caprice
Derived terms
  • هواجی‎ (hevaci, “one who manifests a liking”)
  • هوازده‎ (hevazede, “struck with love”)
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَاء‎ (hawāʔ, “air”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /havɔ/

Noun

Dari هوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаво (havo)

هوا • (havâ)

  1. air
  2. wind
  3. weather

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “هوا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1516
  2. Bausani, Alessandro (1969), “Note sui prestiti arabi nella più antica poesia neopersiana”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. I (in Italian), Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, page 178 of 173–188

Sindhi

Etymology

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

Noun

هوا (havâ) m (Devanagari हवा‎)

  1. air
  2. wind

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ه و ي‎

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَاء‎ (hawāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.wa/, [ˈha.wa]
  • (file)

Noun

هوا • (hawa) m

  1. air
    Synonym: جوّ‎ (jaww)
  2. wind, breeze
    Synonym: (formal) ريح‎ (rīḥ)
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