هوایی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy). By surface analysis, هوا (havâ) + ـی (-i, nisba suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ha.wɑː.ˈjiː]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hä.wɑː.jíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.wɑː.jíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.wɔː.jí]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæ.vɒː.jíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hä.vɔ.jí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hawāyī |
| Dari reading? | hawāyī |
| Iranian reading? | havâyi |
| Tajik reading? | havoyī |
Adjective
| Dari | هوایی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҳавоӣ |
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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