ہوا

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوا‎ (havâ), from Arabic هَوَاء‎ (hawāʔ, “air”).

• IPA^(key): /hə.vaː/

ہَوا (havā) f

1. wind, breeze
2. air

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀽𑀤 (bhūda), from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “become, been”), perfect participle of भवति (bhavati, “to become”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦuː.ɑː/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɦuː.ɑː/

ہُوا • (hūā) (Hindi spelling हुआ)

1. inflection of ہونا‎ (honā):
   1. masculine singular perfective participle
   2. masculine singular perfect indicative

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوا‎ (havâ), from Arabic هَوَاء‎ (hawāʔ, “air”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

ہَوَا • (havā) f (Hindi spelling हवा)

1. air
2. wind; breeze

• ہوائی اڈہ‎ (havāī aḍḍā, “airport”)
• ہوائی جہاز‎ (havāī jahāz, “airplane”)

• “ہوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ہوا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

From Urdu ہوا‎ (hūā).

ہوا (hōā)

1. happened