Arabic

Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • ‎(hāʾ)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ن ‎(n) and followed by و ‎(w).

Symbol

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • ‎(hāʾ)

1. The fifth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by د ‎(d) and followed by و ‎(w).

Suffix

ـهُ or ـهِ • ‎(-hu or -hi) m sg (enclitic form of هُوَ ‎(huwa))

1. him, his (bound object pronoun)
2. it, its (bound object pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of masculine gender)

Usage notes

The form ـهِ appears after i or ī.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا ‎(ā), ب ‎(b), ت ‎(t), ث ‎(ṯ), ج ‎(j), ح ‎(ḥ), خ ‎(ḵ), د ‎(d), ذ ‎(ḏ), ر ‎(r), ز ‎(z), س ‎(s), ش ‎(š), ص ‎(ṣ), ض ‎(ḍ), ط ‎(ṭ), ظ ‎(ẓ), ع ‎(ʿ), غ ‎(ḡ), ف ‎(f), ق ‎(q), ك ‎(k), ل ‎(l), م ‎(m), ن ‎(n), ه ‎(h), و ‎(w), ي ‎(y)
• ە (Kurdish /æ/ and Uyghur /ɛ/ or /æ/)
• ہ (Urdu choṭī he)
• ھ (Urdu, Kashmiri, and Punjabi do-cašmī he)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: ه

Egyptian Arabic

Suffix

ـه • ‎(-u or -) m sg

1. him, his (bound object pronoun)

Usage notes

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

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ه / ﻫ‍ـ / ‍‍ـه‍‍ـ / ‍ـ‍ه

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف; ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ 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]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ه • ‎(gërda he)

1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

See also

• Previous letter: و
• Next letter: ۀ

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /he/

Letter

ﻩ / ﻫ / ﻬ / ﻪ • ‎(he)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by و and followed by ی. Its name is هه or هِ.

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian -k' ‎(-ag). Compare Old Armenian -ակ ‎(-ak).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /æ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /e/

Suffix

ـه • ‎(-e)

1. Suffix forming adjectives from verbal stems
2. Suffix forming nouns, from adjectives and present stems