هواء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه و ي‎ (h-w-y), meaning a hole or hollow, a depression or declivity, a valley or chasm, hence the empty space or air that fills them.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha.waːʔ/
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Noun

هَوَاء • (hawāʔ) m (plural أَهْوِيَة‎ (ʔahwiya))

(uncountable) air
(uncountable) atmosphere
synonym of جَوّ‎ (jaww, “the apparently open space above the ground”)
empty space, vacancy, void

Declension

Declension of noun هَوَاء (hawāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء‎ al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ
Nominative	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ‎ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءُ hawāʔu
Accusative	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ‎ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءَ hawāʔa
Genitive	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ‎ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءِ hawāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَاءَيْن‎ hawāʔayn	الْهَوَاءَيْن‎ al-hawāʔayn	هَوَاءَيْ‎ hawāʔay
Nominative	هَوَاءَانِ‎ hawāʔāni	الْهَوَاءَانِ‎ al-hawāʔāni	هَوَاءَا‎ hawāʔā
Accusative	هَوَاءَيْنِ‎ hawāʔayni	الْهَوَاءَيْنِ‎ al-hawāʔayni	هَوَاءَيْ‎ hawāʔay
Genitive	هَوَاءَيْنِ‎ hawāʔayni	الْهَوَاءَيْنِ‎ al-hawāʔayni	هَوَاءَيْ‎ hawāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَهْوِيَة‎ ʔahwiya	الْأَهْوِيَة‎ al-ʔahwiya	أَهْوِيَة‎ ʔahwiyat
Nominative	أَهْوِيَةٌ‎ ʔahwiyatun	الْأَهْوِيَةُ‎ al-ʔahwiyatu	أَهْوِيَةُ‎ ʔahwiyatu
Accusative	أَهْوِيَةً‎ ʔahwiyatan	الْأَهْوِيَةَ‎ al-ʔahwiyata	أَهْوِيَةَ‎ ʔahwiyata
Genitive	أَهْوِيَةٍ‎ ʔahwiyatin	الْأَهْوِيَةِ‎ al-ʔahwiyati	أَهْوِيَةِ‎ ʔahwiyati

Derived terms

هَوَائِيّ‎ (hawāʔiyy)

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: هوا‎ (hawa)
Gulf Arabic: هوا‎ (hawa)
Moroccan Arabic: هوا‎ (hwa)
→ Afar: hawá (“climate”)
→ Amharic: ህዋ (həwa)
→ Azerbaijani: hava
→ Armenian: հավա (hava)
→ Bashkir: һауа (hawa)
→ Bhojpuri: हवा (havā)
→ Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa)
→ Georgian: ჰავა (hava)
→ Ge'ez: ህዋ (həwa), ሕዋ (ḥəwa)
→ Gujarati: હવા (havā)
→ Harari: ሐዋእ (ḥäwaʾ)
→ Hindi: हवा (havā)
→ Indonesian: hawa
→ Javanese: hawa
→ Judeo-Tat: hovo / гьово / האָבאָ‎ (hovo)
→ Kazakh: ауа (aua)
Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: hewa
- → Central Kurdish: ھەوا‎ (hewa)
- → Southern Kurdish: ھەوا‎ (hewa)
- → Laki: ھەوا‎ (hewa)
→ Kyrgyz: аба (aba)
→ Malay: hawa
→ Marathi: हवा (havā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: هواء‎ (hava), هوا‎ (hava)
- Turkish: hava
- → Greek: χαβάς (chavás)
- → Laz: ხავა (xava)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ха̀ва
  Latin script: hàva
→ Pashto: هوا‎
→ Persian: هوا‎ (havâ)
→ Punjabi: ਹਵਾ (havā)
→ Sindhi: هوا‎ (havâ)
→ Somali: hawo
→ Sundanese: hawa
→ Swahili: hewa
→ Tajik: ҳаво (havo)
→ Tigrinya: ህዋህው (həwahəw)
→ Urdu: ہوا‎ (havā)
→ Uyghur: ھاۋا‎ (hawa)
→ Uzbek: havo

Adjective

هَوَاء • (hawāʔ)

empty, void, vain
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:43:
  
  ‏وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَوَاءٌ‎
  waʔafʔidatuhum hawāʔun
  Their hearts are vain.

Declension

Declension of adjective هَوَاء (hawāʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء‎ al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء‎ al-hawāʔ
Nominative	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ‎ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ‎ al-hawāʔu
Accusative	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ‎ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ‎ al-hawāʔa
Genitive	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ‎ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ‎ al-hawāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	هَواء hawāʔ	الْهَواء‎ al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء‎ al-hawāʔ
Nominative	هَواءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَواءُ‎ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ‎ al-hawāʔu
Accusative	هَواءً hawāʔan	الْهَواءَ‎ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ‎ al-hawāʔa
Genitive	هَواءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَواءِ‎ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ‎ al-hawāʔi
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء‎ al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء‎ al-hawāʔ
Nominative	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ‎ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ‎ al-hawāʔu
Accusative	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ‎ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ‎ al-hawāʔa
Genitive	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ‎ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ‎ al-hawāʔi

Noun

هَوَّاء • (hawwāʔ) m (plural هَوَّاؤُونَ‎ (hawwāʔūna), feminine هَوَّاءَة‎ (hawwāʔa)) (rare)

enthusiast

Declension

Declension of noun هَوَّاء (hawwāʔ)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّاء hawwāʔ	الْهَوَّاء‎ al-hawwāʔ	هَوَّاء hawwāʔ	هَوَّاءَة‎ hawwāʔa	الْهَوَّاءَة‎ al-hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَة‎ hawwāʔat
Nominative	هَوَّاءٌ hawwāʔun	الْهَوَّاءُ‎ al-hawwāʔu	هَوَّاءُ hawwāʔu	هَوَّاءَةٌ‎ hawwāʔatun	الْهَوَّاءَةُ‎ al-hawwāʔatu	هَوَّاءَةُ‎ hawwāʔatu
Accusative	هَوَّاءً hawwāʔan	الْهَوَّاءَ‎ al-hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَ hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَةً‎ hawwāʔatan	الْهَوَّاءَةَ‎ al-hawwāʔata	هَوَّاءَةَ‎ hawwāʔata
Genitive	هَوَّاءٍ hawwāʔin	الْهَوَّاءِ‎ al-hawwāʔi	هَوَّاءِ hawwāʔi	هَوَّاءَةٍ‎ hawwāʔatin	الْهَوَّاءَةِ‎ al-hawwāʔati	هَوَّاءَةِ‎ hawwāʔati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّاءَيْن‎ hawwāʔayn	الْهَوَّاءَيْن‎ al-hawwāʔayn	هَوَّاءَيْ‎ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْن‎ hawwāʔatayn	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْن‎ al-hawwāʔatayn	هَوَّاءَتَيْ‎ hawwāʔatay
Nominative	هَوَّاءَانِ‎ hawwāʔāni	الْهَوَّاءَانِ‎ al-hawwāʔāni	هَوَّاءَا‎ hawwāʔā	هَوَّاءَتَانِ‎ hawwāʔatāni	الْهَوَّاءَتَانِ‎ al-hawwāʔatāni	هَوَّاءَتَا‎ hawwāʔatā
Accusative	هَوَّاءَيْنِ‎ hawwāʔayni	الْهَوَّاءَيْنِ‎ al-hawwāʔayni	هَوَّاءَيْ‎ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْنِ‎ hawwāʔatayni	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْنِ‎ al-hawwāʔatayni	هَوَّاءَتَيْ‎ hawwāʔatay
Genitive	هَوَّاءَيْنِ‎ hawwāʔayni	الْهَوَّاءَيْنِ‎ al-hawwāʔayni	هَوَّاءَيْ‎ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْنِ‎ hawwāʔatayni	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْنِ‎ al-hawwāʔatayni	هَوَّاءَتَيْ‎ hawwāʔatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّائِين‎ hawwāʔīn	الْهَوَّائِين‎ al-hawwāʔīn	هَوَّائِي‎ hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَات‎ hawwāʔāt	الْهَوَّاءَات‎ al-hawwāʔāt	هَوَّاءَات‎ hawwāʔāt
Nominative	هَوَّائُونَ‎‎/هَوَّاؤُونَ‎ hawwāʔūna	الْهَوَّائُونَ‎‎/الْهَوَّاؤُونَ‎ al-hawwāʔūna	هَوَّائُو‎‎/هَوَّاؤُو‎ hawwāʔū	هَوَّاءَاتٌ‎ hawwāʔātun	الْهَوَّاءَاتُ‎ al-hawwāʔātu	هَوَّاءَاتُ‎ hawwāʔātu
Accusative	هَوَّائِينَ‎ hawwāʔīna	الْهَوَّائِينَ‎ al-hawwāʔīna	هَوَّائِي‎ hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَاتٍ‎ hawwāʔātin	الْهَوَّاءَاتِ‎ al-hawwāʔāti	هَوَّاءَاتِ‎ hawwāʔāti
Genitive	هَوَّائِينَ‎ hawwāʔīna	الْهَوَّائِينَ‎ al-hawwāʔīna	هَوَّائِي‎ hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَاتٍ‎ hawwāʔātin	الْهَوَّاءَاتِ‎ al-hawwāʔāti	هَوَّاءَاتِ‎ hawwāʔāti

Noun

هِوَاء • (hiwāʔ) m

verbal noun of هَاوَى‎ (hāwā, “to show love towards”)

Declension

Declension of noun هِوَاء (hiwāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِوَاء hiwāʔ	الْهِوَاء‎ al-hiwāʔ	هِوَاء hiwāʔ
Nominative	هِوَاءٌ hiwāʔun	الْهِوَاءُ‎ al-hiwāʔu	هِوَاءُ hiwāʔu
Accusative	هِوَاءً hiwāʔan	الْهِوَاءَ‎ al-hiwāʔa	هِوَاءَ hiwāʔa
Genitive	هِوَاءٍ hiwāʔin	الْهِوَاءِ‎ al-hiwāʔi	هِوَاءِ hiwāʔi

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