حوض
Arabic
Root |
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ح و ض (ḥ-w-ḍ) |

حَوْض
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħawdˤ/
Noun
حَوْض • (ḥawḍ) m (plural أَحْوَاض (ʔaḥwāḍ) or حِيَاض (ḥiyāḍ) or حِيضَان (ḥīḍān))
Declension
Declension of noun حَوْض (ḥawḍ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | حَوْض ḥawḍ |
الْحَوْض al-ḥawḍ |
حَوْض ḥawḍ |
Nominative | حَوْضٌ ḥawḍun |
الْحَوْضُ al-ḥawḍu |
حَوْضُ ḥawḍu |
Accusative | حَوْضًا ḥawḍan |
الْحَوْضَ al-ḥawḍa |
حَوْضَ ḥawḍa |
Genitive | حَوْضٍ ḥawḍin |
الْحَوْضِ al-ḥawḍi |
حَوْضِ ḥawḍi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | حَوْضَيْن ḥawḍayn |
الْحَوْضَيْن al-ḥawḍayn |
حَوْضَيْ ḥawḍay |
Nominative | حَوْضَانِ ḥawḍāni |
الْحَوْضَانِ al-ḥawḍāni |
حَوْضَا ḥawḍā |
Accusative | حَوْضَيْنِ ḥawḍayni |
الْحَوْضَيْنِ al-ḥawḍayni |
حَوْضَيْ ḥawḍay |
Genitive | حَوْضَيْنِ ḥawḍayni |
الْحَوْضَيْنِ al-ḥawḍayni |
حَوْضَيْ ḥawḍay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَحْوَاض; حِيَاض; حِيضَان ʔaḥwāḍ; ḥiyāḍ; ḥīḍān |
الْأَحْوَاض; الْحِيَاض; الْحِيضَان al-ʔaḥwāḍ; al-ḥiyāḍ; al-ḥīḍān |
أَحْوَاض; حِيَاض; حِيضَان ʔaḥwāḍ; ḥiyāḍ; ḥīḍān |
Nominative | أَحْوَاضٌ; حِيَاضٌ; حِيضَانٌ ʔaḥwāḍun; ḥiyāḍun; ḥīḍānun |
الْأَحْوَاضُ; الْحِيَاضُ; الْحِيضَانُ al-ʔaḥwāḍu; al-ḥiyāḍu; al-ḥīḍānu |
أَحْوَاضُ; حِيَاضُ; حِيضَانُ ʔaḥwāḍu; ḥiyāḍu; ḥīḍānu |
Accusative | أَحْوَاضًا; حِيَاضًا; حِيضَانًا ʔaḥwāḍan; ḥiyāḍan; ḥīḍānan |
الْأَحْوَاضَ; الْحِيَاضَ; الْحِيضَانَ al-ʔaḥwāḍa; al-ḥiyāḍa; al-ḥīḍāna |
أَحْوَاضَ; حِيَاضَ; حِيضَانَ ʔaḥwāḍa; ḥiyāḍa; ḥīḍāna |
Genitive | أَحْوَاضٍ; حِيَاضٍ; حِيضَانٍ ʔaḥwāḍin; ḥiyāḍin; ḥīḍānin |
الْأَحْوَاضِ; الْحِيَاضِ; الْحِيضَانِ al-ʔaḥwāḍi; al-ḥiyāḍi; al-ḥīḍāni |
أَحْوَاضِ; حِيَاضِ; حِيضَانِ ʔaḥwāḍi; ḥiyāḍi; ḥīḍāni |
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: حوض (ḥōḏ̣)
- Maltese: ħawt
- → Azerbaijani: hövz, hovuz
- ⇒ Azerbaijani: hövzə
- → Avar: хӏавуз (ḥʳawuz)
- → Bengali: হাউজ (hauz)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: हौज़ (hauz)
- Urdu: حَوض (hauz)
- → Kazakh: хауыз (xauyz)
- → Khalaj: havuz
- → Pashto: حوض
- → Persian: حوض (howz)
- → Khalaj: hovz
- ⇒ Persian: حوضه (howze)
- → Ottoman Turkish: حوض (havız, havuz)
- ⇒ Ottoman Turkish: حوضه (havza)
- Turkish: havza
- → Punjabi: حَوض (ḥauẓ)
- → Sindhi: حَوْضُ
- → Tajik: ҳавз (havz)
- → Turkmen: howuz
- → Uyghur: ھاۋۇز (hawuz), ھاۋز (hawz)
- → Uzbek: havz, hovuz
- ⇒ Uzbek: havza
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “حوض”, 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 443
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حوض”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 304–305
Gulf Arabic

حوض
Pronunciation
- (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ħoːðˤ/
Noun
حوض • (ḥōḏ̣) m (dual حوضين (ḥōḏ̣ēn), plural احواض (aḥwāḏ̣))
- swimming pool
- Synonyms: مسبح (masbaḥ), حمام سباحة (ḥammām sibāḥa)
- pelvis
Khalaj
Noun
حَوُض (havuz) (definite accusative حَوُضوُ, plural حَوُضلار)
Declension
Noun
حُوض (hovz) (definite accusative حُوضوُ, plural حُوضلار)
Pashto
Persian
Pronunciation
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Dari | حوض |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ҳавз |

- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [hawz]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [häwz]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäwz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäwz]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [howz]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [häwz]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | hawz |
Dari reading? | hawz |
Iranian reading? | howz |
Tajik reading? | havz |
Noun
حوض • (howz) (plural حوضها (howz-hâ))
- basin, pool, tank (usually artificial)
- c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]:
- اندر ساحت مسجد سنگی بزرگ نهاده و حوضی سنگین مدور، عظیم بزرگ، بر سر آن نهاده.
- andar sāhat-i masjid sangē buzurg nihadā u hawzē sangēn mudawwar, azīm buzurg, bar sar-i ān nihāda.
- A large stone is placed in the courtyard of this mosque, and a spherical water basin of stone, large and grand, is placed on top of that.
Derived terms
- حوضه (howze)
- حوضچه (howzče)
- حوضک (howzak)
- حوضخانه (howz-xâne)
Punjabi
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “حَوض”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Sindhi
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɔːz/
Noun
حَوض • (hauz) m (Hindi spelling हौज़)
- reservoir, cistern, pond, pool, tank, vat, trough, basin of a fountain, a fountain
Further reading
- “حوض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “حوض”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “حوض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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