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))

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

Declension

Declension of noun حَوْزَة (ḥawza)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْزَة ḥawza	الْحَوْزَة‎ al-ḥawza	حَوْزَة ḥawzat
Nominative	حَوْزَةٌ ḥawzatun	الْحَوْزَةُ‎ al-ḥawzatu	حَوْزَةُ ḥawzatu
Accusative	حَوْزَةً ḥawzatan	الْحَوْزَةَ‎ al-ḥawzata	حَوْزَةَ ḥawzata
Genitive	حَوْزَةٍ ḥawzatin	الْحَوْزَةِ‎ al-ḥawzati	حَوْزَةِ ḥawzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْزَتَيْن‎ ḥawzatayn	الْحَوْزَتَيْن‎ al-ḥawzatayn	حَوْزَتَيْ‎ ḥawzatay
Nominative	حَوْزَتَانِ‎ ḥawzatāni	الْحَوْزَتَانِ‎ al-ḥawzatāni	حَوْزَتَا‎ ḥawzatā
Accusative	حَوْزَتَيْنِ‎ ḥawzatayni	الْحَوْزَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḥawzatayni	حَوْزَتَيْ‎ ḥawzatay
Genitive	حَوْزَتَيْنِ‎ ḥawzatayni	الْحَوْزَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḥawzatayni	حَوْزَتَيْ‎ ḥawzatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْزَات‎ ḥawzāt	الْحَوْزَات‎ al-ḥawzāt	حَوْزَات‎ ḥawzāt
Nominative	حَوْزَاتٌ‎ ḥawzātun	الْحَوْزَاتُ‎ al-ḥawzātu	حَوْزَاتُ‎ ḥawzātu
Accusative	حَوْزَاتٍ‎ ḥawzātin	الْحَوْزَاتِ‎ al-ḥawzāti	حَوْزَاتِ‎ ḥawzāti
Genitive	حَوْزَاتٍ‎ ḥawzātin	الْحَوْزَاتِ‎ al-ḥawzāti	حَوْزَاتِ‎ ḥawzāti

Descendants

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

References

Freytag, Georg (1830), “حوزة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 441
Lane, Edward William (1863), “حوزة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 668
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حوزة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 304
Wehr, Hans (1979), “حوز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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