حيوان

See also: حیوان

Arabic

Etymology

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حيوان

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From the root ح ي و (ḥ y w), stemming from Proto-West Semitic *ḥayaw- (“to live”). Parallelly found in Hebrew חיה (ḥayyā), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwṭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waːn/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

حَيَوَان • (ḥayawān) m (plural حَيَوَانَات (ḥayawānāt))

animal, beast
الحَيَوَانُ الْمُفْتَرِسُ يَعِيشُ فِي الْغَابَةِ.
al-ḥayawānu l-muftarisu yaʕīšu fī l-ḡābati.
The predatory animal lives in the forest.
(collectively) animals, living creatures
(archaic) verbal noun of حَيَّ (ḥayya): life; (especially) long, eternal life
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:64:
  وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
  wamā hāḏihi l-ḥayātu d-dunyā ʔillā lahwun walaʕibun waʔinna d-dāra l-ʔāḵirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʕlamūna
  And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter – that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.

Declension

Declension of noun حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَان ḥayawān	الْحَيَوَان al-ḥayawān	حَيَوَان ḥayawān
Nominative	حَيَوَانٌ ḥayawānun	الْحَيَوَانُ al-ḥayawānu	حَيَوَانُ ḥayawānu
Accusative	حَيَوَانًا ḥayawānan	الْحَيَوَانَ al-ḥayawāna	حَيَوَانَ ḥayawāna
Genitive	حَيَوَانٍ ḥayawānin	الْحَيَوَانِ al-ḥayawāni	حَيَوَانِ ḥayawāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَانَيْن ḥayawānayn	الْحَيَوَانَيْن al-ḥayawānayn	حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay
Nominative	حَيَوَانَانِ ḥayawānāni	الْحَيَوَانَانِ al-ḥayawānāni	حَيَوَانَا ḥayawānā
Accusative	حَيَوَانَيْنِ ḥayawānayni	الْحَيَوَانَيْنِ al-ḥayawānayni	حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay
Genitive	حَيَوَانَيْنِ ḥayawānayni	الْحَيَوَانَيْنِ al-ḥayawānayni	حَيَوَانَيْ ḥayawānay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَانَات ḥayawānāt	الْحَيَوَانَات al-ḥayawānāt	حَيَوَانَات ḥayawānāt
Nominative	حَيَوَانَاتٌ ḥayawānātun	الْحَيَوَانَاتُ al-ḥayawānātu	حَيَوَانَاتُ ḥayawānātu
Accusative	حَيَوَانَاتٍ ḥayawānātin	الْحَيَوَانَاتِ al-ḥayawānāti	حَيَوَانَاتِ ḥayawānāti
Genitive	حَيَوَانَاتٍ ḥayawānātin	الْحَيَوَانَاتِ al-ḥayawānāti	حَيَوَانَاتِ ḥayawānāti

Descendants

→ Avar: хӏайван (ḥʳajwan)
→ Azerbaijani: heyvan
→ Bashkir: хайуан (xaywan)
→ Crimean Tatar: ayvan
→ Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (xayuan)
→ Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
→ Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: حەیوان (ḧeywan)
- Northern Kurdish: heywan / حەیوان (ḧeywan)
→ Madurese: ꦲ꦳ꦺꦮꦤ꧀
→ Ossetian: хайуан (xajwan)
→ Classical Persian: حَیْوَان (haywān)
- Iranian Persian: حیوان (heyvân)
- Tajik: ҳайвон (hayvon)
- → Hindi: हैवान (haivān)
- → Kazakh: хайуан (xaiuan)
- → Khalaj: həyvân
- → Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
- → Malay: haiwan / حیوان
  - Indonesian: hewan
- → Ottoman Turkish: حیوان (hayvan)
  - Turkish: hayvan
  - → Albanian: hajvan
  - → Armenian: հայվան (hayvan)
  - → Greek: χαϊβάνι (chaïváni)
  - → Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
  - → Serbo-Croatian: hajvan / хајван
- → Punjabi: ਹੈਵਾਨ (haivān)
- → Turkmen: haýwan
- → Urdu: حیوان (haivān)
- → Uyghur: ھايۋان (haywan)
- → Uzbek: hayvon
→ Swahili: hayawani
→ Somali: xayawaan
→ Swedish: haiwan
→ Tatar: хайван (xaywan)
→ Zazaki: heywan

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ح ي و
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَوان (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħaj.waːn/

Noun

حيوان • (ḥaywān) m (plural حيوانات (ḥaywānāt))

animal, creature
animal (derogatory term for a human being)

Malay

Noun

حيوان (plural حيوان-حيوان or حيوان٢, informal 1st possessive حيوانکو, 2nd possessive حيوانمو, 3rd possessive حيوانڽ)

Jawi spelling of haiwan‎

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَوان (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħaj.waːn/, [ħajˈwæːn]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

حيوان • (ḥaywān) m (plural حيوانات (ḥaywānāt))

animal, creature
animal (derogatory term for a human being)