هوایی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَائِيّ‎ (hawāʔiyy). By surface analysis, ‎ (havâ) +‎ ‎ (-ye).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hawɑːˈjiː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /hawɑːˈjiː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /hævɒːˈjiː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /havɔˈji/

Adjective

هوایی • (havâyi)

air, aerial (attributive adjective)
idle, vain, capricious

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “هوائی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1517

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