حواری

See also: جواری‎ and خواری‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَوَارِيّ‎ (ḥawāriyy), from Ge'ez ሐዋርያ (ḥäwarəya, “traveller; messenger, envoy; apostle”).

Noun

حواری • (havâri)

  1. apostle

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حواری‎ (havārī), itself from Arabic حَوَارِيّ‎ (ḥawāriyy), from Ge'ez ሐዋርያ (ḥäwarəya, “traveller; messenger, envoy; apostle”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦə.ʋɑː.ɾiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: حَ‧وا‧ری

Noun

حَوَاری • (havārī) m (Hindi spelling हवारी)

  1. (Islam) an apostle; disciple of Jesus
  2. (by extension):
    1. a companion of any other Prophet
    2. certain Prophets of God
  3. disciple (of a teacher or sage etc.)
    Synonym: شاگِرْد‎ (śāgird)

Declension
Declension of حواری‎
singular plural
direct حواری‎ (havārī) حواری‎ (havārī)
oblique حواری‎ (havārī) حواریوں‎ (havāriyō̃)
vocative حواری‎ (havārī) حواریو‎ (havāriyō)

Further reading
  • “حواری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “حواری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “حواری”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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