હવા

Gujarati

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦə.ʋɑ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوا (hawā), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, air). Compare Hindi हवा (havā).

Noun

હવા • (havā) m

  1. air
  2. wind
    Synonyms: (more common) પવન (pavan), વાયુ (vāyu)
  3. rumor, gossip
    Synonym: અફવા (aphavā)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian حوا (hawwā), from Arabic حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ), from Biblical Hebrew חוה (ḥawwâ). Compare Hindi हव्वा (havvā).

Proper noun

હવા • (havā) f

  1. (Abrahamism) Eve
    • (Can we date this quote?), “ઉત્પતિ”, in પવિત્ર બાઇબલ, page 3:
      અને તે માણસે પોતાની પત્નીનું નામ હવા [એટલે સજીવ] પાડ્યું; કેમ કે તે સર્વ સજીવની મા હતી
      ane te māṇse potānī patnīnũ nām havā [eṭale sajīva] pāḍyũ; kem ke te sarva sajīvnī mā hatī
      And that man gave his wife the name Eve [meaning living]; because she was the mother of all living.
  2. a female given name, Hawa or Hava, from Arabic, equivalent to English Eve or Hawwa
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