هوية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative noun (nisba) composed of هُوَ (huwa, “he”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya). Compare ماهِيّة (māhiyya).

Noun

هُوِيَّة • (huwiyya) f (plural هُوِيَّات (huwiyyāt))

1. identity
2. substance, essence, existence
3. divine substance
4. identification documents

Declension

Declension of noun هُوِيَّة (huwiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هُوِيَّة huwiyya	الْهُوِيَّة al-huwiyya	هُوِيَّة huwiyyat
Nominative	هُوِيَّةٌ huwiyyatun	الْهُوِيَّةُ al-huwiyyatu	هُوِيَّةُ huwiyyatu
Accusative	هُوِيَّةً huwiyyatan	الْهُوِيَّةَ al-huwiyyata	هُوِيَّةَ huwiyyata
Genitive	هُوِيَّةٍ huwiyyatin	الْهُوِيَّةِ al-huwiyyati	هُوِيَّةِ huwiyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هُوِيَّتَيْن huwiyyatayn	الْهُوِيَّتَيْن al-huwiyyatayn	هُوِيَّتَيْ huwiyyatay
Nominative	هُوِيَّتَانِ huwiyyatāni	الْهُوِيَّتَانِ al-huwiyyatāni	هُوِيَّتَا huwiyyatā
Accusative	هُوِيَّتَيْنِ huwiyyatayni	الْهُوِيَّتَيْنِ al-huwiyyatayni	هُوِيَّتَيْ huwiyyatay
Genitive	هُوِيَّتَيْنِ huwiyyatayni	الْهُوِيَّتَيْنِ al-huwiyyatayni	هُوِيَّتَيْ huwiyyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هُوِيَّات huwiyyāt	الْهُوِيَّات al-huwiyyāt	هُوِيَّات huwiyyāt
Nominative	هُوِيَّاتٌ huwiyyātun	الْهُوِيَّاتُ al-huwiyyātu	هُوِيَّاتُ huwiyyātu
Accusative	هُوِيَّاتٍ huwiyyātin	الْهُوِيَّاتِ al-huwiyyāti	هُوِيَّاتِ huwiyyāti
Genitive	هُوِيَّاتٍ huwiyyātin	الْهُوِيَّاتِ al-huwiyyāti	هُوِيَّاتِ huwiyyāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hüviyyət
• → Persian: هویت
• → Ottoman Turkish: هویت
  • → Turkish: hüviyet

Etymology 2

Root
ه و ي (h-w-y)

Noun

هَوِيَّة • (hawiyya) f (plural هَوِيَّات (hawiyyāt))

1. a desired thing
2. a deep well
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) deep terrain, bottomland

Declension

Declension of noun هَوِيَّة (hawiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوِيَّة hawiyya	الْهَوِيَّة al-hawiyya	هَوِيَّة hawiyyat
Nominative	هَوِيَّةٌ hawiyyatun	الْهَوِيَّةُ al-hawiyyatu	هَوِيَّةُ hawiyyatu
Accusative	هَوِيَّةً hawiyyatan	الْهَوِيَّةَ al-hawiyyata	هَوِيَّةَ hawiyyata
Genitive	هَوِيَّةٍ hawiyyatin	الْهَوِيَّةِ al-hawiyyati	هَوِيَّةِ hawiyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوِيَّتَيْن hawiyyatayn	الْهَوِيَّتَيْن al-hawiyyatayn	هَوِيَّتَيْ hawiyyatay
Nominative	هَوِيَّتَانِ hawiyyatāni	الْهَوِيَّتَانِ al-hawiyyatāni	هَوِيَّتَا hawiyyatā
Accusative	هَوِيَّتَيْنِ hawiyyatayni	الْهَوِيَّتَيْنِ al-hawiyyatayni	هَوِيَّتَيْ hawiyyatay
Genitive	هَوِيَّتَيْنِ hawiyyatayni	الْهَوِيَّتَيْنِ al-hawiyyatayni	هَوِيَّتَيْ hawiyyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوِيَّات hawiyyāt	الْهَوِيَّات al-hawiyyāt	هَوِيَّات hawiyyāt
Nominative	هَوِيَّاتٌ hawiyyātun	الْهَوِيَّاتُ al-hawiyyātu	هَوِيَّاتُ hawiyyātu
Accusative	هَوِيَّاتٍ hawiyyātin	الْهَوِيَّاتِ al-hawiyyāti	هَوِيَّاتِ hawiyyāti
Genitive	هَوِيَّاتٍ hawiyyātin	الْهَوِيَّاتِ al-hawiyyāti	هَوِيَّاتِ hawiyyāti

References

• جُبْرَان مَسْعُود Jubrān Masʿūd (1964) “هوية”, in الرائد معجم لغوي عصري ar-rāʾid: muʿjam luḡawiyy ʿaṣriyy‎^[1], 7th edition, Beirut: دار العلم للملايين Dar Al Malayin, published 1992, →OCLC, page 847

• Francis Johnson (1852), “هوية”, in A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1406

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.wij.je/, [haˈwij.je]
• IPA^(key): /ha.wij.ja/, [haˈwij.ja]

• Audio (Jerusalem)

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Noun

هويّة • (hawiyye) f

1. identity
2. (metonymically) identity card

   بطاقة الهويّة ― biṭāqat il-hawiyye ― identity card

   Audio (Ramallah)

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