See also: حواری, and حوارى

Arabic

edit
 
حَوَارِيُّون
 
Arabic Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ar

Etymology

edit

From Ge'ez ሐዋርያ (ḥäwarəya, traveller; messenger, envoy; apostle), from ሖረ (ḥorä, to walk up, to go forth) which corresponds to Arabic حَارَ (ḥāra, to return).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

حَوَارِيّ (ḥawāriyym (plural حَوَارِيُّون (ḥawāriyyūn))

  1. (Islam) an apostle (leading disciple) of Jesus
    Synonym: (Christian use) رَسُول (rasūl)
  2. (Sufism) a disciple, student of mysticism

Declension

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Persian: حواری (havâri)
    • Urdu: حَوَاری (havārī)
  • Turkish: havari

References

edit