حیا

See also: حيا

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حیا (ḥayā), itself from Arabic حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ). First attested as Old Hindi حیا (ḥayā)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.jɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: حَ‧یا
• Homophone: ہیا (hayā)

Noun

حَیَا • (ḥayā) f (Hindi spelling हया)

1. modesty
2. honour
3. veil

Declension

Declension of حیا
	singular	plural
direct	حَیَا (ḥayā)	حَیَائیں (ḥayāẽ)
oblique	حَیَا (ḥayā)	حَیَاؤں (ḥayāõ)
vocative	حَیَا (ḥayā)	حَیَاؤ (ḥayāo)

Further reading

• “حیا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “حیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حیا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.