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], 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 • (hāʔ)

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 quotation)

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 (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
• ة
• ہ (Kurdish /æ/ and Uyghur /ɛ/ or /æ/)
• ہ (h) (Urdu he)
• ھ (h) (Urdu, Kashmiri, and Punjabi do-cašmī he)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries 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-).

Particle

هـ • (ha-)

1. going to, will; prefix of a following subjunctive verb to express the future tense

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) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ گ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ہ,‎ ھ,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ی,‎ ے,‎ 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

ـه • (-a, -e)

1. Forms dative case

Descendants

• Turkish: -a, -e

Etymology 3

From Arabic ـَة (-a).

Suffix

ـه • (-a, -e)

1. Forms nouns resembling Arabic singulatives or instance nouns, even in ways which would be considered ungrammatical in Arabic, e.g.

   ‎صحن (sahn) + ‎ـه → ‎صحنه (sahne)

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish terms suffixed with ـه

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

• (phonemes):

• (Formal, all dialects) IPA^(key): [h].

• (colloquial, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [w], [j] or deleted.

• (lettername):

• (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /heː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /he/

• Audio

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• Homophones: ح

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/هِ (in Iran) or هی (Classical Persian and Dari).

Usage notes

• Most colloquial dialects in Afghanistan have lost the glottal consonants /h/ and /ʔ/. They are either deleted, replaced by /j/ or /w/ (near i/ī or u/ū), or, when proceeded by a َ (“zabar”), replaced by the phoneme /ɑ/.

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): [.ʔa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]

Readings
Classical reading?	-a
Dari reading?	-a
Iranian reading?	-e
Tajik reading?	-a

Suffix

Dari	ـه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-а

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)”), also used as definite article in colloquial Iranian Persian.

   کدومو می‌خوای؟ آبیه.

   - kodum'o mi-xây? -âbie.

   - 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): [.ʔa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔä]

Readings
Classical reading?	-a
Dari reading?	-a
Iranian reading?	-e
Tajik reading?	-a

Suffix

Dari	ـه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-а

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)

  (file)

  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)

   (file)

   هالسيّارة ― has-sayyāra ― this car

   Audio (Ramallah)

   (file)

   هالولاد ― hal-ūlād ― these kids

   Audio (Ramallah)

   (file)

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