ح

See also: ج, خ, چ, Շ, , and Appendix:Variations of "h"

ح U+062D, ح
ARABIC LETTER HAH
ج
[U+062C]
Arabic خ
[U+062E]
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ح ـح ـحـ حـ
U+FEA1, ﺡ
ARABIC LETTER HAH ISOLATED FORM

[U+FEA0]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEA2]
U+FEA2, ﺢ
ARABIC LETTER HAH FINAL FORM

[U+FEA1]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEA3]
U+FEA3, ﺣ
ARABIC LETTER HAH INITIAL FORM

[U+FEA2]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEA4]
U+FEA4, ﺤ
ARABIC LETTER HAH MEDIAL FORM

[U+FEA3]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FEA5]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ha]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [h]

Letter

ح (ha) (no case)

  1. The seventh letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢊 (l, heth), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤇 (l, heth), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓎛. See also Classical Syriac ܚ (l, heth), Hebrew ח (l, chet), Ancient Greek Η (Ē), Latin H.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ħaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ħ/

Letter

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح • (ḥāʔ) (no case)

  1. The sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet, called حَاء (ḥāʔ) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج (j) and followed by خ ().

Symbol

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح • (ḥāʔ)

  1. The eighth numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ز (z) and followed by ط ().

See also

Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /h/, [h]

Letter

ح (transliteration needed) (no case)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /h/, [h]

Letter

ح (transliteration needed) (no case)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Chinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /x/, [x]

Letter

ح (no case)

  1. The ninth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

Usage notes

  • This letter is used before finals -e, -ei, -en, -eng.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ح (). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish حَه (ha).

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ħ/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ħa/

Letter

ح • () (no case)

  1. the sixth letter of the Arabic abjad, named حه (ḥa)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa/

Prefix

حـ • (ḥa-)

  1. indicates future tense: will
Alternative forms

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ħaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ħ/

Letter

ح • (ḥāʔ) (no case)

  1. The sixth letter of the Hijazi Arabic alphabet, called حَاء and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج (jīm) and followed by خ (ḵāʔ).
See also

Etymology 2

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa, he went).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa/

Particle

حـ • (ḥa)

  1. will (prefix indicating the future tense)
    حَيِتْكَلَّمḥayitkallamhe will speak

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form of Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa, he went).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa/

Particle

حَـ (ḥa-)

  1. will (prefix indicating the future tense)
    حَيِحْچِيḥayiḥčihe will speak

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /haj/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/

Letter

ح • (h) (no case)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by چھ and followed by خ.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ح
Cyrillic Х, х
Latin X, x

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /xa/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/

Letter

ح • (x) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Х or х)

  1. The seventh letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by چ and followed by د.

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /he/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/

Letter

ح (he) (no case)

  1. The ninth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by چ and followed by خ.

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [hɐ pədas], [hɐ kət͡ʃel]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [h]

Letter

ح / ح‍ / ‍ح‍ / ‍ح (no case)

  1. The seventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ح • (x) (no case)[1]

  1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

References

  1. ^ Antonovich (1968), page 193: “ح

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

From Classical Persian ح (), from Arabic ح (hāʔ).

Letter

ح (baṛī ḥe) (no case)

  1. The ninth letter of the Pahari-Potwari alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by چ (ce) and followed by خ (xe).

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /he/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/

Letter

ح • (he) (no case)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by څ and followed by خ.

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name)
    (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA(key): /heː/
    (Iran) IPA(key): /he/
  • (phonemes)
    (formal, all dialects) IPA(key): [h]
    (colloquial, Dari) IPA(key): [ɑː], [w], [j] (or deleted)
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Homophone: ه

Letter

حـ / ـحـ / ‍ـح / ‍ح • (h) (no case)

  1. The eighth letter of the Persian alphabet, called حِ (he) or حی () and written in the Arabic script; preceded by چ and followed by خ.

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/.

See also

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • Gurmukhi letter: (hāhā), ਹ਼
  • (letter name): وڈی حے (vaḍḍī ḥe)

Etymology

From Classical Persian ح (), from Arabic ح (hāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʋə.ɖːiː ɦeː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɦ/

Letter

ح • (vaḍḍī ḥe) (no case)

  1. The ninth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by چ (ce) and followed by خ (xe).

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /he/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /h/

Letter

ح • (he) (no case)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڇ and followed by خ.

See also

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form of رح (raḥ), compare with Egyptian Arabic حـ (ḥa-) and هـ (ha-).

Particle

حـ • (ḥa-)

  1. alternative form of رح (raḥ): going to, will; prefix of a following subjunctive verb to express the future tense

Urdu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Letter

ح • (baṛī he) (no case)

  1. The ninth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by چ and followed by خ.