هوایی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy). By surface analysis, هوا (havâ) +‎ ـی (-i, nisba suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.wɑː.ˈjiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.wɑː.jíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.wɑː.jíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.wɑː.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.wɔː.jí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.vɒː.jíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.vɔ.jí]

Readings
Classical reading?	hawāyī
Dari reading?	hawāyī
Iranian reading?	havâyi
Tajik reading?	havoyi

Adjective

Dari	هوایی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳавоӣ

هوایی • (havâyi)

1. air, aerial (attributive adjective)
2. idle, vain, capricious

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “هوائی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1517