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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