حیا
See also: حيا
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حیا (ḥayā), itself from Arabic حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ). First attested as Old Hindi حیا (ḥayā)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦə.jɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: حَ‧یا
- Homophone: ہیا (hayā)
Declension
| Declension of حیا | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | حَیَا (ḥayā) | حَیَائیں (ḥayāẽ) |
| oblique | حَیَا (ḥayā) | حَیَاؤں (ḥayāõ) |
| vocative | حَیَا (ḥayā) | حَیَاؤ (ḥayāo) |
Further reading
- “حیا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “حیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حیا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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