ه

See also: ۀ‎ [U+06C0 ARABIC LETTER HEH WITH YEH ABOVE], ة‎ [U+0629 ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA], ہ‎ [U+06C1 ARABIC LETTER HEH GOAL], ھ‎ [U+06BE ARABIC LETTER HEH DOACHASHMEE], and Appendix:Variations of "h"

ه U+0647, ه ARABIC LETTER HEH ← ن [U+0646] Arabic و → [U+0648]

ﻩ U+FEE9, ﻩ ARABIC LETTER HEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﻨ [U+FEE8] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻪ → [U+FEEA]

ﻪ U+FEEA, ﻪ ARABIC LETTER HEH FINAL FORM ← ﻩ [U+FEE9] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻫ → [U+FEEB]

ﻫ U+FEEB, ﻫ ARABIC LETTER HEH INITIAL FORM ← ﻪ [U+FEEA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻬ → [U+FEEC]

ﻬ U+FEEC, ﻬ ARABIC LETTER HEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﻫ [U+FEEB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻭ → [U+FEED]

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /haːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه‎ • (hāʾ)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ن‎ (n) and followed by و‎ (w).

Symbol

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه‎ • (hāʾ)

1. The fifth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by د‎ (d) and followed by و‎ (w).

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ـهُ or ـهُۥ or ـهِ or ـهِۦ • (-hu or -hū or -hi or -hī) m sg

1. him, his, it, its (bound object pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of masculine gender)
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 609–632 C.E., Qur'an, 5:32:

     ‏مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا‎

     min ʾajli ḏālika katabnā ʿalā banī ʾisrāʾīla ʾannahu man qatala nafsan bi-ḡayri nafsin ʾaw fasādin fi l-ʾarḍi fa-ka-ʾannamā qatala n-nāsa jamīʿan wa-man ʾaḥyāhā fa-ka-ʾannamā ʾaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʿan

     Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.

   • 609–632 C.E., Qur'an, 12:23:

     ‏قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ‎

     qāla maʿāḏa l-lahi , ʾinnahu rabbī ʾaḥsana maṯwāya , ʾinnahu lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūna

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Usage notes

The form ـهِ (-hi) appears after y and ī, the form ـهِ (-hī) after i, the form ـهُ (-hu) after other consonants and long vowels, the form ـهُ (-hū) after short vowels.

Etymology 3

Adverb

هـ • (h-)

1. AH

Etymology 4

From Proto-Semitic *ha. Cognate to Hebrew הֲ־‎ (hă-).

Particle

هَـ • (ha-)

1. (obsolete) Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ‎ (ʾa, interrogative particle)

Derived terms

• هَل‎ (hal)

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
• ة‎ ()
• ە‎ (e) (Kurdish /æ/ and Uyghur /ɛ/ or /æ/)
• ہ‎ (Urdu choṭī he)
• ھ‎ (Urdu, Kashmiri, and Punjabi do-cašmī he)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ه

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Egyptian Arabic

Suffix

ـه‎ • (-u or -) m sg

1. him, his (bound object pronoun)

Usage notes

After a vowel, manifests itself only by lengthening the vowel and transferring the stress onto it (except before the negative suffix š, where it appears as -hū-).

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [hɐ simpol], [hɐ bəsa(r)]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [h]

Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه

1. The thirty-second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى‎,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈɡərda he/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/, /a/, /ə/

Letter

ه • (gërda he)

1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ه	ـه	ـهـ	هـ

See also

• Previous letter: و‎
• Next letter: ۀ‎

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Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /he/

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Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (he)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by و‎ and followed by ی‎. Its name is هه‎ or هِ‎.

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian -k' (-ag). Compare Old Armenian -ակ (-ak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /a/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /a/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /e/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

ـه • (-e)

1. ezāfe suffix or linking particle (marks the possessed case or links dependent adjectives to the noun)
2. (colloquial) Suffix functioning as the impersonal pronoun one (“one thing (among a group of others)”)

   ‏کدوم رو می‌خوای؟ آبیه.‎‎

   - kodum ro mi-xây? -âbiye.

   - Which one do you want? -The blue one.

3. Suffix forming adjectives from verbal stems
4. Suffix forming nouns, from adjectives and present stems

Derived terms

► Persian words suffixed with ـه