حيوان

See also: حیوان‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ي و‎ (ḥ-y-w).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.ja.waːn/
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Noun

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

animal, beast
(collectively) animals, living creatures
(obsolete) 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 ʾillā lahwun walaʿibun waʾinna d-dāra l-ʾāḵirata lahiya l-ḥayawānu law kānū yaʿlamūna
  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

→ Armenian: հայվան (hayvan)
→ Azerbaijani: heyvan
→ Bashkir: хайуан (xayuan)
→ Crimean Tatar: ayvan
→ Indonesian: hewan
→ Karachay-Balkar: хайуан (haywan)
→ Kazakh: хайуан (xaywan)
→ Kumyk: гьайван (haywan)
→ Kurdish: heywan / حه‌یوان‎ (ḧeywan)
→ Kyrgyz: айбан (ayban)
→ Macedonian: ајван (ajvan)
→ Madurese: ꦲ꦳ꦺꦮꦤ꧀
→ Malay: haiwan / حیوان‎
→ Ossetian: хайуан (xajwan)
→ Persian: حیوان‎ (heyvân)
→ Punjabi: ਹੈਵਾਨ (haevān)
→ Serbo-Croatian: hajvan / хајван
→ Swahili: hayawani
→ Tajik: ҳайвон (hayvon)
→ Tatar: хайван (xaywan)
→ Turkish: hayvan
→ Turkmen: haýwan
→ Urdu: حیوان‎ (haivān)
→ Uyghur: ھايۋان‎ (haywan)
→ Uzbek: hayvon
→ Zazaki: heywan

Malay

Alternative forms

haiwan

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (heyvan), from Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hai̯wan], [hewan]
Rhymes: -wan, -an

Noun

حيوان (Rumi spelling haiwan‎)

animal (organism)
animal (organism other than man)
animal (person who behaves like an animal)

Synonyms

binatang / بيناتڠ‎
satwa / ستوا‎

Adjective

حيوان (Rumi spelling haiwan‎)

animal (of animals)

Synonyms

binatang / بيناتڠ‎
satwa / ستوا‎

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