حيوان

See also: حیوان‎

Arabic

Etymology

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From the root ح ي و‎ (ḥ-y-w), stemming from Proto-West Semitic *ḥayaw- (“to live”). Parallelly found in Hebrew חיה‎ (ḥayyā), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ‎ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwṭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waːn/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

حَيَوَان • (ḥayawān) m, plural حَيَوَانَات‎ (ḥayawānāt)

animal, beast
(collectively) animals, living creatures
(archaic) verbal noun of حَيَّ‎ (ḥayya): life; (especially) long, eternal life
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:64:
  
  ‏وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ‎
  wamā hāḏihi l-ḥayātu d-dunyā ʔillā lahwun walaʕibun waʔinna d-dāra l-ʔāḵirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʕlamūna
  And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter – that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.

Declension

Declension of noun حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَان ḥayawān	الْحَيَوَان‎ al-ḥayawān	حَيَوَان ḥayawān
Nominative	حَيَوَانٌ ḥayawānun	الْحَيَوَانُ‎ al-ḥayawānu	حَيَوَانُ ḥayawānu
Accusative	حَيَوَانًا‎ ḥayawānan	الْحَيَوَانَ‎ al-ḥayawāna	حَيَوَانَ ḥayawāna
Genitive	حَيَوَانٍ ḥayawānin	الْحَيَوَانِ‎ al-ḥayawāni	حَيَوَانِ ḥayawāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَانَيْن‎ ḥayawānayn	الْحَيَوَانَيْن‎ al-ḥayawānayn	حَيَوَانَيْ‎ ḥayawānay
Nominative	حَيَوَانَانِ‎ ḥayawānāni	الْحَيَوَانَانِ‎ al-ḥayawānāni	حَيَوَانَا‎ ḥayawānā
Accusative	حَيَوَانَيْنِ‎ ḥayawānayni	الْحَيَوَانَيْنِ‎ al-ḥayawānayni	حَيَوَانَيْ‎ ḥayawānay
Genitive	حَيَوَانَيْنِ‎ ḥayawānayni	الْحَيَوَانَيْنِ‎ al-ḥayawānayni	حَيَوَانَيْ‎ ḥayawānay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَانَات‎ ḥayawānāt	الْحَيَوَانَات‎ al-ḥayawānāt	حَيَوَانَات‎ ḥayawānāt
Nominative	حَيَوَانَاتٌ‎ ḥayawānātun	الْحَيَوَانَاتُ‎ al-ḥayawānātu	حَيَوَانَاتُ‎ ḥayawānātu
Accusative	حَيَوَانَاتٍ‎ ḥayawānātin	الْحَيَوَانَاتِ‎ al-ḥayawānāti	حَيَوَانَاتِ‎ ḥayawānāti
Genitive	حَيَوَانَاتٍ‎ ḥayawānātin	الْحَيَوَانَاتِ‎ al-ḥayawānāti	حَيَوَانَاتِ‎ ḥayawānāti

Descendants

→ Armenian: հայվան (hayvan)
→ Avar: хӏайван (ḥʳajwan)
→ Azerbaijani: heyvan
→ Bashkir: хайуан (xayuan)
→ Crimean Tatar: ayvan
→ Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (xayuan)
→ Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
→ Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: حەیوان‎ (ḧeywan)
- Northern Kurdish: heywan / حەیوان‎ (ḧeywan)
→ Madurese: ꦲ꦳ꦺꦮꦤ꧀
→ Ossetian: хайуан (xajwan)
→ Persian: حیوان‎ (heyvân)
- Tajik: ҳайвон (hayvon)
- → Hindi: हैवान (haivān)
- → Kazakh: хайуан (xaiuan)
- → Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
- → Malay: haiwan / حیوان‎
  - Indonesian: hewan
- → Ottoman Turkish: حیوان‎ (hayvan)
  - Turkish: hayvan
  - → Albanian: hajvan
  - → Greek: χαϊβάνι (chaïváni)
  - → Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: hajvan / хајван
- → Punjabi: ਹੈਵਾਨ (haivān)
- → Turkmen: haýwan
- → Urdu: حیوان‎ (haivān)
- → Uyghur: ھايۋان‎ (haywan)
- → Uzbek: hayvon
→ Swahili: hayawani
→ Swedish: haiwan
→ Tatar: хайван (xaywan)
→ Zazaki: heywan

Malay

Noun

حيوان (plural حيوان-حيوان or حيوان۲‎, informal 1st possessive حيوانکو‎, 2nd possessive حيوانمو‎, 3rd possessive حيوانڽ‎)

Jawi spelling of haiwan

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و‎

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَوان‎ (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħaj.waːn/, [ħajˈwæːn]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

حيوان • (ḥaywān) m, plural حيوانات‎ (ḥaywānāt)

animal, creature
animal (derogatory term for a human being)

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