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]‎, ە [U+06D5 ARABIC LETTER AE]‎, 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 • (hāʔ)

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

Symbol

ه/هـ‎ • (hāʾ)

1. The abjad numeral representing the number five (5)

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 CE, 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 ʔajli ḏālika katabnā ʕalā banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔannahu man qatala nafsan bi-ḡayri nafsin ʔaw fasādin fi l-ʔarḍi fa-ka-ʔannamā qatala n-nāsa jamīʕan wa-man ʔaḥyāhā fa-ka-ʔannamā ʔaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʕan

     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 CE, Qur'an, 12:23:

     ‏قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ‎

     qāla maʕāḏa l-lahi , ʔinnahu rabbī ʔaḥsana maṯwāya , ʔinnahu 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.

See also

Arabic personal pronouns

Isolated nominative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا‎ (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ‎ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ‎ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا‎ (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ‎ (ʔantum)
	f	أَنْتِ‎ (ʔanti)		أَنْتُنَّ‎ (ʔantunna)
3rd person	m	هُوَ‎ (huwa)	هُمَا‎ (humā)	هُمْ‎ (hum), هُمُ‎ (humu)1
	f	هِيَ‎ (hiya)		هُنَّ‎ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		إِيَّايَ‎ (ʔiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا‎ (ʔiyyānā)
2nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ‎ (ʔiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا‎ (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُم‎ (ʔiyyākum)
	f	إِيَّاكِ‎ (ʔiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ‎ (ʔiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ‎ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا‎ (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ‎ (ʔiyyāhum)
	f	إِيَّاهَا‎ (ʔiyyāhā)		إِيَّاهُنَّ‎ (ʔiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		ـنِي‎ (-nī), ـنِيَ‎ (-niya), ـي‎ (-y), ـيَ‎ (-ya)2	ـنَا‎ (-nā)
2nd person	m	ـكَ‎ (-ka)	ـكُمَا‎ (-kumā)	ـكُم‎ (-kum)
	f	ـكِ‎ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ‎ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ‎ (-hu), ـهِ‎ (-hi)3	ـهُمَا‎ (-humā), ـهِمَا‎ (-himā)3	ـهُم‎ (-hum), ـهِم‎ (-him)3
	f	ـهَا‎ (-hā)		ـهُنَّ‎ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ‎ (-hinna)3
1. هُمْ‎ (hum) becomes هُمُ‎ (humu) before the definite article الـ‎ (al--). 2. Specifically, ـنِي‎ (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ‎ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي‎ (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ‎ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي‎ (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي‎ (ʔinnī)). 3. ـهِـ‎ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ‎ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Etymology 3

Adverb

هـ • (h-)

1. AH

Etymology 4

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

Particle

هَـ • (ha-)

1. (obsolete) Banū Ṭayyiʔ form of أَ‎ (ʔa, 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 (ʕ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
• ة‎
• ہ‎ (Kurdish /æ/ and Uyghur /ɛ/ or /æ/)
• ہ‎ (Urdu he)
• ھ‎ (Urdu, Kashmiri, and Punjabi do-cašmī he)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ه

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-).

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]

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• ـو‎

Suffix

ـه or ه • (-o/-u after consonant or -h after vowel) m

1. Enclitic form of هو‎ (huwwe)
2. he, him, his

Usage notes

• The h is silent in the form after a vowel, but it lenghtens and stresses the preceding vowel.

  ‏كتبو.‎‎ ― kátabu ― They wrote.

  ‏كتبوه.‎‎ ― katabūʰ ― They wrote him.

• It might also be spelled as ـو‎ after a consonant, as many speakers don't distinguish the final vowels “o” and “u”.

See also

North Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني‎ (-ni)		ـنا‎ (-na)
	else	ـِي‎ (-i)	ـي‎ (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك‎ (-ak)	ـك‎ (-k)	ـكُن‎ (-kun)
	f	ـِك‎ (-ek)	ـكِ‎ (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُن‎ (-(h/w/y)un)
	f	ـها‎ (-(h/w/y)a)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (he)

1. A letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.

Usage notes

• When used as a vowel, never connects to the following letter.
• At the end of an Arabic word ending in teh marbuta, sometimes written as ة to reflect the etymology.
• At the end of the first word in an ezafe construct, when representing a vowel, sometimes written هٔ to suggest a stop between the end of the base word and the normally unwritten vowel of the -i suffix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *-ke.

Suffix

ه or ه • (-a or -e)

1. Forms dative case

Descendants

• Turkish: -a, -e

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

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /he/

• Audio

  (file)

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), from Proto-Iranian *-akah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-akas . Compare Old Armenian -ակ (-ak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /a/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /a/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /e/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

Dari	ـه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-а (-a)

ـه • (-e)

1. Suffix forming adjectives from verbal stems
2. Suffix forming nouns, from adjectives and present stems
3. (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.

Usage notes

Nouns formed with this suffix may take the ezafe spelled as such: ـهٔ‎ (-e-ye) or sometimes ـه‌ی‎ (-e-ye).

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ه

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic ـَة‎ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /a/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /a/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /e/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

Dari	ـه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-а (-a)

ـه • (-e)

1. Arabic feminine suffix.

Usage notes

Same as above.

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ه (Arabic)

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• ـو‎

Etymology 1

From Arabic ـه‎ (-h).

Suffix

ـه • (-o after consonant, -h after vowel) m

2. Enclitic form of هو‎ (huwwe)
3. he, him, his

Usage notes

• ـه (-o) after a consonant is replaced by ـو‎ (-ō-) when followed by the negation suffix ـش‎ (-š).

  ‏ما كتبه‎ ― mā katabo ― he didn't write it

  Audio (Ramallah)

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  ‏ما كتبوش‎‎ ― mā katabōš ― he didn't write it

  Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

• ـه (-h) is silent after a vowel, but it lenghtens the preceding vowel; it extends to ـهو‎ (-hō-) when followed by the negation suffix ـش‎ (-š).

  ‏ما كتبو‎‎ ― mā katabu ― they didn't write

  Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

  ‏ما كتبوه‎ ― mā katabūh ― they didn't write it

  Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

  ‏ما كتبوهوش‎‎ ― mā katabuhōš ― they didn't write it

  Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني‎ (-ni)		ـنا‎ (-na)
	else	ـِي‎ (-i)	ـي‎ (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك‎ (-ak)	ـك‎ (-k)	ـكُم‎ (-kom) / ـكو‎ (-ku)
	f	ـِك‎ (-ek)	ـكي‎ (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُم‎ (-hom)
	f	ـها‎ (-ha)

Etymology 2

Clipping of هاد‎ (hād).

Determiner

هـ • (ha-)

2. this, these (before a noun)

   ‏هالكتاب‎‎ ― hal-kitāb ― this book

   Audio (Ramallah)

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   ‏هالسيّارة‎‎ ― has-sayyāra ― this car

   Audio (Ramallah)

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   ‏هالولاد‎‎ ― hal-ūlād ― these kids

   Audio (Ramallah)

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See also

• هاد‎ m (hād)
• هادا‎ m (hāda)
• هادي‎ f (hādi)
• هاي‎ f (hāy)
• هدول‎ pl (hadōl)

 

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ه (h)

1. The ninth letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ڠ‎
• Next letter: اِ‎