حیات

See also: حياة‎ and حيات‎

Azerbaijani

Noun

حیات

  1. Arabic spelling of həyat

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيَاة‎ (ḥayāh).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hä.jɑ́ːt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.jɑ́ːt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.jɔ́ːt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? hayāt
Dari reading? hayāt
Iranian reading? heyât
Tajik reading? hayot

Noun
Dari حیات‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаёт

حیات • (hayât)

  1. life
    Synonyms: زندگانی‎ (zendegâni), زندگی‎ (zendegi)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حیات‎ (hayāt), from Arabic حَيَاة‎ (ḥayāh).

Noun

حیات • (hayāt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਯਾਤ)

  1. life
    Synonyms: زِندَگی‎ (zindagī), جِیوَن‎ (jīvan), جِندَڑی‎ (jindaṛī), جان‎ (jān)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حیات‎ (hayāt), from Arabic حَيَاة‎ (ḥayāh).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦə.jɑːt̪/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt̪
  • Hyphenation: حَ‧یات

Adjective

حَیَات • (hayāt) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling हयात)

  1. (chiefly India, Karachi, polite) alive
    Synonyms: زِنْدَہ‎ (zinda), مَوجُود‎ (maujūd)

Noun

حَیَات • (hayāt) f (Hindi spelling हयात) (formal)

  1. life, lifetime
    Synonyms: جِیوَن‎ (jīvan), زِندَگِی‎ (zindagī)
  2. (Old Hindi, obsolete) soul

Declension
Declension of حیات‎
singular plural
direct حَیَات‎ (hayāt) حَیَات‎ (hayāt)
oblique حَیَات‎ (hayāt) حَیَاتوں‎ (hayātō̃)
vocative حَیَات‎ (hayāt) حَیَاتو‎ (hayātō)

Further reading
  • “حیات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “حیات”, 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), “حيات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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