حاء

See also: جاء and خاء

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaːʔ/

Noun

حَاء • (ḥāʔ) f (plural حَاءَات (ḥāʔāt))

1. Name of the sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ح (ḥ)), representing the sound /ħ/

Declension

Declension of noun حَاء (ḥāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاء ḥāʔ	الْحَاء al-ḥāʔ	حَاء ḥāʔ
Nominative	حَاءٌ ḥāʔun	الْحَاءُ al-ḥāʔu	حَاءُ ḥāʔu
Accusative	حَاءً ḥāʔan	الْحَاءَ al-ḥāʔa	حَاءَ ḥāʔa
Genitive	حَاءٍ ḥāʔin	الْحَاءِ al-ḥāʔi	حَاءِ ḥāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاءَيْن ḥāʔayn	الْحَاءَيْن al-ḥāʔayn	حَاءَيْ ḥāʔay
Nominative	حَاءَانِ ḥāʔāni	الْحَاءَانِ al-ḥāʔāni	حَاءَا ḥāʔā
Accusative	حَاءَيْنِ ḥāʔayni	الْحَاءَيْنِ al-ḥāʔayni	حَاءَيْ ḥāʔay
Genitive	حَاءَيْنِ ḥāʔayni	الْحَاءَيْنِ al-ḥāʔayni	حَاءَيْ ḥāʔay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاءَات ḥāʔāt	الْحَاءَات al-ḥāʔāt	حَاءَات ḥāʔāt
Nominative	حَاءَاتٌ ḥāʔātun	الْحَاءَاتُ al-ḥāʔātu	حَاءَاتُ ḥāʔātu
Accusative	حَاءَاتٍ ḥāʔātin	الْحَاءَاتِ al-ḥāʔāti	حَاءَاتِ ḥāʔāti
Genitive	حَاءَاتٍ ḥāʔātin	الْحَاءَاتِ al-ḥāʔāti	حَاءَاتِ ḥāʔāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ha
• → Classical Persian: حَاء (hā'), حَا (hā)
  • Iranian Persian: حاء (hâ'), حا (hâ)
  • Tajik: ҳо (ho)
• → Uzbek: ho

Persian

Alternative forms

• حا

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاء (ḥāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɑːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɑːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hɒːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hā'
Dari reading?	hā'
Iranian reading?	hâ'
Tajik reading?	hoʾ

Noun

Dari	حاء
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳо

حاء • (hâ)

1. the name of the Arabic script letter ح

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “حاء”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “حاء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim