haiwan

From Classical Persian حَیوان‎ (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān).

• IPA^(key): [hai̯wan], [hewan]
• Rhymes: -wan, -an

haiwan (Jawi spelling حيوان‎, plural haiwan-haiwan, informal 1st possessive haiwanku, 2nd possessive haiwanmu, 3rd possessive haiwannya)

1. animal

   Synonyms: binatang, satwa

haiwan (Jawi spelling حيوان‎)

1. animal (of animals)

   Synonyms: binatang, satwa

• Indonesian: hewan
• → 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

From Malay haiwan, from Classical Persian حَیوان‎ (“haywān”), 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

From Malay haiwan (possibly through Ternate haiwan), from Classical Persian حیوان‎ (“haywān”), from Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān). Doublet of haiwani.

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.i.wan̪/

haiwan

1. bird

   Synonym: namu

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