haiwan

From Classical Persian حَیوان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

• IPA^(key): [hai̯wan], [hewan]
• Rhymes: -wan, -an

haiwan (Jawi spelling حيوان, plural haiwan-haiwan, informal 1st possessive haiwanku, 2nd possessive haiwanmu, 3rd possessive haiwannya)

1. animal

   Synonyms: binatang, satwa

haiwan (Jawi spelling حيوان)

1. animal (of animals)

   Synonyms: binatang, satwa

• Indonesian: hewan
• → Ternate: haiwan
• → West Makian: haiwan

Perhaps borrowed from Arabic حيوان (ḥayawān, “animal, beast”).

haiwan c

1. (slang) animal, beast (as an invective towards someone not considered appropriately serious or the like)

• Slangopedia

From Malay haiwan, from Classical Persian حَیوان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

• IPA^(key): /ha.i.ˈwan/

haiwan

1. animal

   Synonym: binatang

2. insect

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Malay haiwan (possibly through Ternate haiwan), from Classical Persian حیوان (haywān), from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān). Doublet of haiwani.

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.i.wan̪/

haiwan

1. bird

   Synonym: namu

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as haywan)