هوی

See also: هوى and هوي

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic هَوًى (hawan).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.wɑ́ː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.vɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.vɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	hawā
Dari reading?	hawā
Iranian reading?	havâ
Tajik reading?	havo

• Homophone: هوا

Noun

هوی • (havâ)

1. passion; desire

   Synonyms: هوس (havas), شور (šur)

   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 137”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:

     ای بلبل خوش سخن چه شیرین نفسی
     سرمست هوی و پای‌بند هوسی

     ay bulbul-i xwaš suxan či šīrīn nafas-ī
     sarmast-i hawā u pāy-band-i hawas-ī

     O fair-spoken nightingale, how sweet is your breath!
     You are drunk from desire, feet shacked to passion.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [huːj]

Readings
Classical reading?	hūy

Noun

هوی • (huy)

1. Obsolete form of هو (hu, “cry”).