حوزة
Arabic
Etymology
Singulative noun of حَوْز (ḥawz), the verbal noun of حَازَ (ḥāza), from the root ح و ز (ḥ-w-z).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħaw.za/
Noun
حَوْزَة • (ḥawza) f (plural حَوْزَات (ḥawzāt))
- possession (all meanings)
- sphere, field, range, catchment
- (Islam, Shiism) Hawza (seminary for clerics)
Declension
Declension of noun حَوْزَة (ḥawza)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَوْزَة ḥawza | الْحَوْزَة al-ḥawza | حَوْزَة ḥawzat |
| Nominative | حَوْزَةٌ ḥawzatun | الْحَوْزَةُ al-ḥawzatu | حَوْزَةُ ḥawzatu |
| Accusative | حَوْزَةً ḥawzatan | الْحَوْزَةَ al-ḥawzata | حَوْزَةَ ḥawzata |
| Genitive | حَوْزَةٍ ḥawzatin | الْحَوْزَةِ al-ḥawzati | حَوْزَةِ ḥawzati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | حَوْزَتَيْن ḥawzatayn | الْحَوْزَتَيْن al-ḥawzatayn | حَوْزَتَيْ ḥawzatay |
| Nominative | حَوْزَتَانِ ḥawzatāni | الْحَوْزَتَانِ al-ḥawzatāni | حَوْزَتَا ḥawzatā |
| Accusative | حَوْزَتَيْنِ ḥawzatayni | الْحَوْزَتَيْنِ al-ḥawzatayni | حَوْزَتَيْ ḥawzatay |
| Genitive | حَوْزَتَيْنِ ḥawzatayni | الْحَوْزَتَيْنِ al-ḥawzatayni | حَوْزَتَيْ ḥawzatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَوْزَات ḥawzāt | الْحَوْزَات al-ḥawzāt | حَوْزَات ḥawzāt |
| Nominative | حَوْزَاتٌ ḥawzātun | الْحَوْزَاتُ al-ḥawzātu | حَوْزَاتُ ḥawzātu |
| Accusative | حَوْزَاتٍ ḥawzātin | الْحَوْزَاتِ al-ḥawzāti | حَوْزَاتِ ḥawzāti |
| Genitive | حَوْزَاتٍ ḥawzātin | الْحَوْزَاتِ al-ḥawzāti | حَوْزَاتِ ḥawzāti |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: hövzə
- → Ottoman Turkish: حوزه (havze)
- Turkish: havza
- → Persian: حوزه (howze)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “حوزة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 441
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “حوزة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 668
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حوزة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 304
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “حوز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN