هواء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه و ي (h-w-y), meaning a hole or hollow, a depression or declivity, a valley or chasm, hence the empty space or air that fills them.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha.waːʔ/
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Noun

هَوَاء • (hawāʔ) m (plural أَهْوِيَة (ʔahwiya))

(uncountable) air
(uncountable) atmosphere
synonym of جَوّ (jaww, “the apparently open space above the ground”)
empty space, vacancy, void

Declension

Declension of noun هَوَاء (hawāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ
Nominative	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءُ hawāʔu
Accusative	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءَ hawāʔa
Genitive	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءِ hawāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَاءَيْن hawāʔayn	الْهَوَاءَيْن al-hawāʔayn	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
Nominative	هَوَاءَانِ hawāʔāni	الْهَوَاءَانِ al-hawāʔāni	هَوَاءَا hawāʔā
Accusative	هَوَاءَيْنِ hawāʔayni	الْهَوَاءَيْنِ al-hawāʔayni	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
Genitive	هَوَاءَيْنِ hawāʔayni	الْهَوَاءَيْنِ al-hawāʔayni	هَوَاءَيْ hawāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَهْوِيَة ʔahwiya	الْأَهْوِيَة al-ʔahwiya	أَهْوِيَة ʔahwiyat
Nominative	أَهْوِيَةٌ ʔahwiyatun	الْأَهْوِيَةُ al-ʔahwiyatu	أَهْوِيَةُ ʔahwiyatu
Accusative	أَهْوِيَةً ʔahwiyatan	الْأَهْوِيَةَ al-ʔahwiyata	أَهْوِيَةَ ʔahwiyata
Genitive	أَهْوِيَةٍ ʔahwiyatin	الْأَهْوِيَةِ al-ʔahwiyati	أَهْوِيَةِ ʔahwiyati

Derived terms

هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy)

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: هوا (hawa)
Gulf Arabic: هوا (hawa)
Moroccan Arabic: هوا (hwa)
→ Afar: hawá (“climate”)
→ Amharic: ህዋ (həwa)
→ Azerbaijani: hava
→ Armenian: հավա (hava)
→ Bashkir: һауа (hawa)
→ Bhojpuri: हवा (havā)
→ Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa)
→ Georgian: ჰავა (hava)
→ Ge'ez: ህዋ (həwa), ሕዋ (ḥəwa)
→ Gujarati: હવા (havā)
→ Harari: ሐዋእ (ḥäwaʾ)
→ Hindi: हवा (havā)
→ Indonesian: hawa
→ Javanese: hawa
→ Judeo-Tat: hovo / гьово / האָבאָ (hovo)
→ Karaim: хъава (xava)
→ Kazakh: ауа (aua)
→ Khalaj: havâ
Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: hewa
- → Central Kurdish: ھەوا (hewa)
- → Southern Kurdish: ھەوا (hewa)
- → Laki: ھەوا (hewa)
→ Kyrgyz: аба (aba)
→ Lishana Deni: הוא (hawa)
→ Malay: hawa
→ Marathi: हवा (havā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: هواء (hava), هوا (hava)
- Turkish: hava
- → Greek: χαβάς (chavás)
- → Laz: ხავა (xava)
- → Macedonian: ава (ava)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ха̀ва
  Latin script: hàva
→ Pashto: هوا
→ Persian: هوا (havâ)
- → Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa)
- → Georgian: ჰავა (hava)
  - → Bats: ჰავ (hav)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਹਵਾ (havā)
  Shahmukhi script: هوا (havā)
→ Punjabi: ਹਵਾ (havā)
→ Sindhi: هوا (havâ)
→ Somali: hawo
→ Sundanese: hawa
→ Swahili: hewa
→ Tajik: ҳаво (havo)
→ Tigrinya: ህዋህው (həwahəw)
→ Urdu: ہوا (havā)
→ Uyghur: ھاۋا (hawa)
→ Uzbek: havo

Adjective

هَوَاء • (hawāʔ)

empty, void, vain
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:43:
  وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَوَاءٌ
  waʔafʔidatuhum hawāʔun
  Their hearts are vain.

Declension

Declension of adjective هَوَاء (hawāʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء al-hawāʔ
Nominative	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ al-hawāʔu
Accusative	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ al-hawāʔa
Genitive	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ al-hawāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	هَواء hawāʔ	الْهَواء al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء al-hawāʔ
Nominative	هَواءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَواءُ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ al-hawāʔu
Accusative	هَواءً hawāʔan	الْهَواءَ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ al-hawāʔa
Genitive	هَواءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَواءِ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ al-hawāʔi
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء al-hawāʔ	هَوَاء hawāʔ	الْهَوَاء al-hawāʔ
Nominative	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ al-hawāʔu	هَوَاءٌ hawāʔun	الْهَوَاءُ al-hawāʔu
Accusative	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ al-hawāʔa	هَوَاءً hawāʔan	الْهَوَاءَ al-hawāʔa
Genitive	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ al-hawāʔi	هَوَاءٍ hawāʔin	الْهَوَاءِ al-hawāʔi

Noun

هَوَّاء • (hawwāʔ) m (plural هَوَّاؤُونَ (hawwāʔūna), feminine هَوَّاءَة (hawwāʔa)) (rare)

enthusiast

Declension

Declension of noun هَوَّاء (hawwāʔ)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّاء hawwāʔ	الْهَوَّاء al-hawwāʔ	هَوَّاء hawwāʔ	هَوَّاءَة hawwāʔa	الْهَوَّاءَة al-hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَة hawwāʔat
Nominative	هَوَّاءٌ hawwāʔun	الْهَوَّاءُ al-hawwāʔu	هَوَّاءُ hawwāʔu	هَوَّاءَةٌ hawwāʔatun	الْهَوَّاءَةُ al-hawwāʔatu	هَوَّاءَةُ hawwāʔatu
Accusative	هَوَّاءً hawwāʔan	الْهَوَّاءَ al-hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَ hawwāʔa	هَوَّاءَةً hawwāʔatan	الْهَوَّاءَةَ al-hawwāʔata	هَوَّاءَةَ hawwāʔata
Genitive	هَوَّاءٍ hawwāʔin	الْهَوَّاءِ al-hawwāʔi	هَوَّاءِ hawwāʔi	هَوَّاءَةٍ hawwāʔatin	الْهَوَّاءَةِ al-hawwāʔati	هَوَّاءَةِ hawwāʔati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّاءَيْن hawwāʔayn	الْهَوَّاءَيْن al-hawwāʔayn	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْن hawwāʔatayn	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْن al-hawwāʔatayn	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
Nominative	هَوَّاءَانِ hawwāʔāni	الْهَوَّاءَانِ al-hawwāʔāni	هَوَّاءَا hawwāʔā	هَوَّاءَتَانِ hawwāʔatāni	الْهَوَّاءَتَانِ al-hawwāʔatāni	هَوَّاءَتَا hawwāʔatā
Accusative	هَوَّاءَيْنِ hawwāʔayni	الْهَوَّاءَيْنِ al-hawwāʔayni	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْنِ hawwāʔatayni	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْنِ al-hawwāʔatayni	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
Genitive	هَوَّاءَيْنِ hawwāʔayni	الْهَوَّاءَيْنِ al-hawwāʔayni	هَوَّاءَيْ hawwāʔay	هَوَّاءَتَيْنِ hawwāʔatayni	الْهَوَّاءَتَيْنِ al-hawwāʔatayni	هَوَّاءَتَيْ hawwāʔatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَّائِين hawwāʔīn	الْهَوَّائِين al-hawwāʔīn	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَات hawwāʔāt	الْهَوَّاءَات al-hawwāʔāt	هَوَّاءَات hawwāʔāt
Nominative	هَوَّائُونَ‎/هَوَّاؤُونَ hawwāʔūna	الْهَوَّائُونَ‎/الْهَوَّاؤُونَ al-hawwāʔūna	هَوَّائُو‎/هَوَّاؤُو hawwāʔū	هَوَّاءَاتٌ hawwāʔātun	الْهَوَّاءَاتُ al-hawwāʔātu	هَوَّاءَاتُ hawwāʔātu
Accusative	هَوَّائِينَ hawwāʔīna	الْهَوَّائِينَ al-hawwāʔīna	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَاتٍ hawwāʔātin	الْهَوَّاءَاتِ al-hawwāʔāti	هَوَّاءَاتِ hawwāʔāti
Genitive	هَوَّائِينَ hawwāʔīna	الْهَوَّائِينَ al-hawwāʔīna	هَوَّائِي hawwāʔī	هَوَّاءَاتٍ hawwāʔātin	الْهَوَّاءَاتِ al-hawwāʔāti	هَوَّاءَاتِ hawwāʔāti

Noun

هِوَاء • (hiwāʔ) m

verbal noun of هَاوَى (hāwā, “to show love towards”)

Declension

Declension of noun هِوَاء (hiwāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِوَاء hiwāʔ	الْهِوَاء al-hiwāʔ	هِوَاء hiwāʔ
Nominative	هِوَاءٌ hiwāʔun	الْهِوَاءُ al-hiwāʔu	هِوَاءُ hiwāʔu
Accusative	هِوَاءً hiwāʔan	الْهِوَاءَ al-hiwāʔa	هِوَاءَ hiwāʔa
Genitive	هِوَاءٍ hiwāʔin	الْهِوَاءِ al-hiwāʔi	هِوَاءِ hiwāʔi

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