See also: حيوان

Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

Noun

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حیوان (haywan)

  1. animal
    Synonym: جانور (canwar)

Descendants

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  • Uyghur: ھايۋان (haywan)
  • Uzbek:
    Latin script: hayvon
    Cyrillic script: ҳайвон

Further reading

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  • Schluessel, Eric (2018) “حیوان”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources[1], Michigan Publishing, page 247

Khalaj

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Noun

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حَیوان (həyvân) (definite accusative حَیوانؽ, plural حَیوانلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of həyvân (animal)

Declension

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Ottoman Turkish

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حیوانات

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

Noun

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حیوان (hayvan) (plural حیوانات (hayvanat))

  1. animal, any multicellular organism in the clade Animalia
    Synonym: جانور (canavar)
  2. (figuratively) brute, beast, a person who behaves in a uncivilized manner
  3. beast of burden, draught animal, any animal that carries or pulls a load

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? haywān
Dari reading? haywān
Iranian reading? heyvân
Tajik reading? hayvon

Noun

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Dari حیوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳайвон

حِیْوان (heyvân) (plural حیوانات (heyvânât) or حیوانان (heyvânân))

  1. animal
    Synonym: جانْوَر (jânvar)
    حیوان وحشیheyvân-e vahšiwild animal
  2. (offensive) beast, brute; person who behaves wildly
  3. (literary) life, vital force; (in particular) eternal life
    Synonym: حیات (hayât)
    آب حیوانâb-e heyvânwater of life

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

Noun

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حیوان (haivānm (Gurmukhi spelling ਹੈਵਾਨ)

  1. animal; beast
    Synonym: جانور (jānvar)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حَیوان (haivānm (Hindi spelling हैवान)

  1. beast; animal
    Synonym: جانْوَر (jānvar)

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