ه

See also: ھ [U+06BE ARABIC LETTER HEH DOACHASHMEE], ۀ [U+06C0 ARABIC LETTER HEH WITH YEH ABOVE], ۿ [U+06FF ARABIC LETTER HEH WITH INVERTED V], ہ [U+06C1 ARABIC LETTER HEH GOAL], ۂ [U+06C2 ARABIC LETTER HEH GOAL WITH HAMZA ABOVE], ە [U+06D5 ARABIC LETTER AE], ة [U+0629 ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA], ۃ [U+06C3 ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA GOAL], ٥ [U+0665 ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FIVE], and ـه

ه U+0647, ه ARABIC LETTER HEH ← ن [U+0646] Arabic و → [U+0648]

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ه	ـه	ـهـ	هـ

ﻩ U+FEE9, ﻩ ARABIC LETTER HEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﻨ [U+FEE8] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻪ → [U+FEEA]

ﻪ U+FEEA, ﻪ ARABIC LETTER HEH FINAL FORM ← ﻩ [U+FEE9] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻫ → [U+FEEB]

ﻫ U+FEEB, ﻫ ARABIC LETTER HEH INITIAL FORM ← ﻪ [U+FEEA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻬ → [U+FEEC]

ﻬ U+FEEC, ﻬ ARABIC LETTER HEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﻫ [U+FEEB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻭ → [U+FEED]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ha]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [h]

Letter

ه (ha) (no case)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢇 (l, “he”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (l, “he”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓀠. See also Classical Syriac ܗ (l, “he”), Hebrew ה (l, “he”), Ancient Greek Ε (E), Latin E.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /haːʔ/

  • Audio:

    (file)

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

ه ~ ﮪ / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (hāʔ) (no case)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ن (n) and followed by و (w).

Symbol

ه / ﮪ • (hāʔ)

1. The abjad numeral representing the number five (5)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ـهُ or ـهُۥ or ـهِ or ـهِۦ • (-hu or -hū or -hi or -hī) m sg

1. him, his, it, its (bound object pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of masculine gender)
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:

     مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا

     min ʔajli ḏālika katabnā ʕalā banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔannahu man qatala nafsan bi-ḡayri nafsin ʔaw fasādin fi l-ʔarḍi fa-ka-ʔannamā qatala n-nāsa jamīʕan wa-man ʔaḥyāhā fa-ka-ʔannamā ʔaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʕan

     Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:23:

     قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ

     qāla maʕāḏa l-lahi , ʔinnahu rabbī ʔaḥsana maṯwāya , ʔinnahu lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūna

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

The form ـهِ (-hi) appears after y and ī, the form ـهِ (-hī) after i, the form ـهُ (-hu) after other consonants and long vowels, the form ـهُ (-hū) after short vowels.

See also

Arabic personal pronouns

Isolated nominative1 pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum), أَنْتُمُ (ʔantumu)2
	f	أَنْتِ (ʔanti)		أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna)
3rd person	m	هُوَ (huwa)	هُمَا (humā)	هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)2
	f	هِيَ (hiya)		هُنَّ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā)
2nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum), إِيَّاكُمُ (ʔiyyākumu)2
	f	إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum), إِيَّاهُمُ (ʔiyyāhumu)2
	f	إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā)		إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)3	ـنَا (-nā)
2nd person	m	ـكَ (-ka)	ـكُمَا (-kumā)	ـكُم (-kum), ـكُمُ (-kumu)2
	f	ـكِ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)4	ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)4	ـهُم (-hum), ـهُمُ (-humu)2, ـهِم (-him)4, ـهِمِ (-himi)2,4
	f	ـهَا (-hā)		ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)4

1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula.
2. ـمْ (-m) becomes ـمُ (-mu) (or ـمِ (-mi) with vowel harmony) before the so-called elidable hamza (such as the definite article الـ (al--)).
3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)).
4. Vowel harmony: ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Adverb

ﮪ • (h)

1. AH (Anno Hegirae)

Etymology 4

From Proto-Semitic *ha. Cognate to Hebrew הֲ־ (hă-).

Particle

هَـ • (ha-)

1. (obsolete) Banū Ṭayyiʔ form of أَ (ʔa, interrogative particle)

Derived terms

• هَل (hal)

See also

• Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• ة
• ہ (Kurdish /æ/ and Uyghur /ɛ/ or /æ/)
• ہ (h) (Urdu he)
• ھ (h) (Urdu, Kashmiri, and Punjabi do-cašmī he)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ه

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

• Inherited from Arabic ه (h). The letter's name comes from Ottoman Turkish هه (he) or a Learned borrowing from Arabic هَاء (hāʔ)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /he/, /haːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

ه • (h) (no case)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called هه (he) or هاء (hāʔ) and written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]

Etymology 2

Inherited from Arabic ـهُ (-hu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/, /huː/, /uː/, /h/

Suffix

ـه • (-u) m sg

1. enclitic form of هو (huwwa)
   1. object pronoun, attached to verbs: him, it
   2. possessive pronoun, attached to nouns: his, its
   3. prepositional pronoun, attached to prepositions: him, it

Usage notes

After a vowel, manifests itself only by lengthening the vowel and transferring the stress onto it, except before the negative suffix ـش (-š), where it appears as ـهوش (-hūš).

‎مع (maʕa, “to have”) + ‎ـه → ‎معاه (maʕā, “he has”)

‎مع (maʕa) + ‎ـهوش → ‎معهوش (maʕahūš, “he doesn't have”)

Alternative forms

• ـو (alternative spelling)

See also

Egyptian Arabic enclitic pronouns

		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـي (-i)	ـيا (-ya)
2nd person	m	ـك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكم (-kum) / ـكو (-ku)
	f	ـك (-ik)	ـكي (-ki) / ـك (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـه (-u) / ـو (-u)	ـه (-h)	ـهم (-hum)
	f	ـها (-ha)

Etymology 3

From حـ (ḥa). Ultimately from Arabic رَاحَ (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha/

Particle

هـ • (ha-)

1. indicates future tense: will
2. alternative form of حـ

Usage notes

See حـ (ḥa).

Etymology 4

From Arabic ـَة (-a). The alternatve form is borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـه (-a, -e) spelling convention.

Suffix

ـه • (-a)

1. alternative spelling of ـة (feminine suffix)

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [hɐ simpol], [hɐ bəsa(r)]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [h]

Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه (no case)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ ^[edit]

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• ـو

Suffix

ـه or ه • (-o/-u after consonant or -h after vowel) m

1. Enclitic form of هو (huwwe)
2. he, him, his

Usage notes

• The h is not pronounced in the form after a vowel in nearly all dialects today, instead lengthening and stressing the preceding vowel.

  كتبو. ― kátabu ― They wrote.

  كتبوه. ― katabū́ ― They wrote it.

• It might also be spelled as ـو after a consonant, a spelling pronunciation of -o.
• See usage notes at ـش (-š, negative suffix) for information on how it interacts with this pronoun.

See also

North Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns

		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُن (-kun)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكِ (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُن (-(h/w/y)un)
	f	ـها (-(h/w/y)a)

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ه • (h) (no case) (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

1. A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ع, ء) ^[edit]

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic ه (hā’).

Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (he) (no case)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, called هه (he) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by و and followed by ی.

Usage notes

• When used as a vowel, never connects to the following letter.
• At the end of an Arabic word ending in teh marbuta, sometimes written as ة to reflect the etymology.
• At the end of the first word in an ezafe construct, when representing a vowel, sometimes written هٔ to suggest a stop between the end of the base word and the normally unwritten vowel of the -i suffix.

See also

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی, ء ^[edit]

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *-ke.

Suffix

ـه • (-a, -e)

1. Forms dative case

Descendants

• Turkish: -a, -e

Etymology 3

From Arabic ـَة (-a).

Suffix

ـه • (-a, -e)

1. Forms nouns resembling Arabic singulatives or instance nouns, even in ways which would be considered ungrammatical in Arabic, e.g.

   ‎صحن (sahn, “courtyard”) + ‎ـه → ‎صحنه (sahne, “scene”)

   ‎مفكور (mefkûr, “idea”) + ‎ـه → ‎مفكوره (mefkûre, “ideal”)

   ‎مشروط (meşrût, “conditional”) + ‎ـه → ‎مشروطه (meşrûta, “constitutional”)

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish terms suffixed with ـه

زجاجیه

شاعره

صحنه

ملكه

Descendants

• Turkish: -a, -e

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈɡərda he/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/, /a/, /ə/

Letter

ه • (gërda he) (no case)

1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by و and followed by ۀ.

Persian

Pronunciation

(phonemes)

• (formal, all dialects) IPA^(key): [h]
• (colloquial, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [w], [j] (or deleted)

(letter name)

• (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /heː/
• (Iran) IPA^(key): /he/

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

• Homophone: ح

Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (he) (no case)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Persian alphabet, called هه, هِ or هی and written in the Arabic script; preceded by و and followed by ی.

Usage notes

• Most colloquial dialects in Afghanistan have lost the glottal consonants /h/ and /ʔ/. They are either deleted, replaced by /j/ or /w/ (near i/ī or u/ū), or, when proceeded by a َ (“zabar”), replaced by the phoneme /ɑ/.

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɦeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɦ/

Letter

ه • (he) (no case, Devanagari equivalent ह, Khudabadi equivalent 𑋞)

1. The fiftieth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by و and followed by ء.

See also

• Arabic script letters: اَکَرَ (akhara) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• ـو

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic ـه (-h).

Suffix

ـه • (-o after consonant, -h after vowel) m

2. Enclitic form of هو (huwwe)
3. he, him, his

Usage notes

• ـه (-o) after a consonant is replaced by ـو (-ō-) when followed by the negation suffix ـش (-š).

  ما كتبه ― mā katabo ― he didn't write it

  Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

  ما كتبوش ― mā katabōš ― he didn't write it

  Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

• ـه (-h) is silent after a vowel, but it lengthens the preceding vowel; it extends to ـهو (-hō-) when followed by the negation suffix ـش (-š).

  ما كتبو ― mā katabu ― they didn't write

  Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

  ما كتبوه ― mā katabūh ― they didn't write it

  Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

  ما كتبوهوش ― mā katabuhōš ― they didn't write it

  Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns

		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُم (-hom)
	f	ـها (-ha)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Arabic هٰ (hā, presentative).

Determiner

هـ • (ha-)

2. this, these (before a noun with the definite article)

   هالكتاب ― hal-kitāb ― this book

   Audio (Ramallah):

   (file)

   هالسيّارة ― has-sayyāra ― this car

   Audio (Ramallah):

   (file)

   هالولاد ― hal-ūlād ― these kids

   Audio (Ramallah):

   (file)

See also

• هاد m (hād)
• هادا m (hāda)
• هادي f (hādi)
• هاي f (hāy)
• هدول pl (hadōl)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /hi/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /h/

Letter

ه (transliteration needed) (no case, Latin equivalent H or h)

1. The ninth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڠ and followed by اِ.