ها

ها

Arabic

Pronoun

ـهَا • (-hā) f sg

(enclitic form of هِيَ‎ (hiya))

1. her (bound object pronoun)
2. it, its (bound object pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of feminine gender)
3. them, their (bound object pronoun, non-human)

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Egyptian Arabic

Suffix

ـها • (-ha) f sg

1. her (bound object pronoun)

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧𐭠‎ (-īhā).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): [hɒː]
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɒː], [hɒː]
• (Tajik) IPA^(key): [hɔː]

• Note: The plural suffix always bears the primary stress in a word. گفتگو‎ (goftogú) - گفتگوها‎ (goftogu-hấ)

Suffix

ها • (-hâ)

1. A suffix forming the plural of a noun. Used for most nouns in colloquial language and inanimate nouns in formal language.

Usage notes

Although not reflected in all writing, this suffix should not attach the ه to the preceding character, though neither should any space should be written. In computing, this is accomplished with a zero-width non-joiner. For example, while some may write the plural of شب‎ (šab, “night”) as شبها or شب ها (typically for convenience, as many Persian keyboards do not have a ZWNJ), the preferred normal form would be شب‌ها‎ (šab-hâ), with the ب and ه separated, but without a substantial amount of intermediary space.Though this rule is not compulsory in general, and the suffix may be joined to the preceding word or separated, if the preceding word ends in a silent ه, it must be separated.

Synonyms

• ـان‎ (-ân), ـگان‎ (-gân), ـیان‎ (-yân)
• ـات‎ (-ât)
• ـین‎ (-in)
• ـون‎ (-un)