حيوان

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))

1. animal, beast
2. (collectively) animals, living creatures
3. (Classical Arabic, archaic) 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.

Alternative forms

• haiwan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

حيوان (Rumi spelling haiwan‎)

1. animal (organism)
2. animal (organism other than man)
3. animal (person who behaves like an animal)

Adjective

حيوان (Rumi spelling haiwan‎)

1. animal (of animals)