ح

See also:ج,خ,چ,Շ,Ⴀ,andAppendix:Variations of "h"

ح U+062D,ح ARABIC LETTER HAH ←ج [U+062C] Arabic خ→ [U+062E]

ﺡ U+FEA1,ﺡ ARABIC LETTER HAH ISOLATED FORM ←ﺠ [U+FEA0] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺢ→ [U+FEA2]

ﺢ U+FEA2,ﺢ ARABIC LETTER HAH FINAL FORM ←ﺡ [U+FEA1] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺣ→ [U+FEA3]

ﺣ U+FEA3,ﺣ ARABIC LETTER HAH INITIAL FORM ←ﺢ [U+FEA2] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺤ→ [U+FEA4]

ﺤ U+FEA4,ﺤ ARABIC LETTER HAH MEDIAL FORM ←ﺣ [U+FEA3] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺥ→ [U+FEA5]

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter𐢊(l,“heth”),derived from thePhoenicianletter𐤇(l,“heth”),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓎛.See also Classical Syriacܚ(l,“heth”),Hebrewח(l,“chet”),Ancient GreekΗ(Ē),LatinH.

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ħaːʔ/
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ħ/

Letter

ح/ح‍/‍ح‍/‍ح•(ḥāʔ)

1. The sixth letter of theArabicalphabet. Its name isحَاء(ḥāʔ),and is preceded byج(j)and followed byخ(ḵ).

Symbol

ح/ح‍/‍ح‍/‍ح•(ḥāʔ)

1. The eighth letter in traditionalabjadorder, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded byز(z)and followed byط(ṭ).

See also

• (Arabic script letters)ا(ʔalif),ب(bāʔ),ت(tāʔ),ث(ṯāʔ),ج(jīm),ح(ḥāʔ),خ(ḵāʔ),د(dāl),ذ(ḏāl),ر(rāʔ),ز(zāy),س(sīn),ش(šīn),ص(ṣād),ض(ḍād),ط(ṭāʔ),ظ(ẓāʔ),ع(ʕayn),غ(ḡayn),ف(fāʔ),ق(qāf),ك(kāf),ل(lām),م(mīm),ن(nūn),ه(hāʔ),و(wāw),ي(yāʔ)
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Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/h/,[h]

Letter

ح(transliteration needed)

1. The eleventhletterof theBaltialphabet,written in thePerso-Arabicscript

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/h/,[h]

Letter

ح(transliteration needed)

1. The thirteenthletterof theBurushaskialphabet,written in thePerso-Arabicscript

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/x/,[x]

Letter

ح

1. Theninthletter of theXiao'erjingabjad.

Usage notes

• This letter is used before finals -e, -ei, -en, -eng.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

FromArabicح(ḥ).The letter's name comes fromOttoman Turkishحَه(ha).

Pronunciation

(phoneme)IPA^(key):/ħ/

(letter name)IPA^(key):/ħa/

Letter

ح•(ḥ)

1. the sixth letter of the Arabic abjad, namedحه(ḥa)

Etymology 2

Shortened form ofArabicرَاحَ(rāḥa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/ħa/

Prefix

حـ•(ḥa-)

1. indicates future tense:will

Alternative forms

• هـ(ha-)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ħaːʔ/
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ħ/

Letter

ح•(ḥāʔ)

1. The sixth letter of theArabicalphabet. Its name isْحَاء(ḥāʔ),and is preceded byج(jīm)and followed byخ(ḵāʔ).

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• (Arabic script letters)ا(ʔalif),ب(bāʔ),ت(tāʔ),ث(ṯāʔ),ج(jīm),ح(ḥāʔ),خ(ḵāʔ),د(dāl),ذ(ḏāl),ر(rāʔ),ز(zāy),س(sīn),ش(šīn),ص(ṣād),ض(ḍād),ط(ṭāʔ),ظ(ẓāʔ),ع(ʕēn),غ(ḡēn),ف(fāʔ),ق(gāf),ك(kāf),ل(lām),م(mīm),ن(nūn),هـ(hāʔ),و(wāw),ي(yāʔ)

Etymology 2

Shortened form ofArabicرَاحَ(rāḥa,“he went”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ħa/

Particle

حـ•(ḥa)

2. will(prefix indicating the future tense)

   حَيِتْكَلَّم

   ḥayitkallam

   hewillspeak

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form ofArabicرَاحَ(rāḥa,“he went”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ħa/

Particle

حَـ(ḥa-)

2. will(prefix indicating the future tense)

   حَيِحْچِي

   ḥayiḥči

   hewillspeak

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح•(h)

1. The thirteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart ofKashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter:چھ(ch)
• Next letter:خ(kh)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ح
Cyrillic	Х,х
Latin	X, x
Yañalif	X,x

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/xa/
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/x/

Letter

ح•(x)

1. The seventh letter of theKazakhin Arabic Script. It represents theCyrillicletterХ.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter:چ
• Next letter:د
• (Arabic script letters)ا,ب,پ,ت,ج,چ,ح,د,ر,ز,س,ش,ع,ف,ق,ك,گ,ڭ,ل,م,ن,ە,ھ,و,ۇ,ۋ,ۆ,ى,ي.

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح(he)

1. The ninth letter of theKhowarabjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter:چ
• Next letter:خ

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter)IPA^(key):[hɐ pədas],[hɐ kət͡ʃel]
• (Phoneme)IPA^(key):[h]

Letter

ح/ح‍/‍ح‍/‍ح

1. The seventhletterof the Malayalphabet,written in theArabic script.

See also

• (Arabic script letters)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]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح•(he)

1. The eleventh letter of thePashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter:څ
• Next letter:خ

Persian

Pronunciation

• (letter name)

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

  (Iran)IPA^(key):/he/

• (phonemes)

  (formal,all dialects)IPA^(key):[h]

  (colloquial,Dari)IPA^(key):[ɑː],[w],[j](or deleted)

• Audio(Iran):

  (file)

• Homophone:ه

Letter

حـ/ـحـ/‍ـح/‍ح•(h)

1. The eighth letter of thePerso-Arabic alphabet.It is preceded byچand followed byخ.Its name isحِ(he) orحی(hē).

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 aَ(“zabar”),replaced by the phoneme /ɑ/.

See also

• (Letters of the Persian Alphabet)ا,ب,پ,ت,ث,ج,چ,ح,خ,د,ذ,ر,ز,ژ,س,ش,ص,ض,ط,ظ,ع,غ,ف,ق,ک,گ,ل,م,ن,و,ه,ی

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhiletter:ਹ(hāhā),ਹ਼
• (letter name):وڈی حے(vaḍḍī ḥe)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح•(vaḍḍī ḥe)

1. The ninth letter ofPunjabiin theShahmukhiscript.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter:چ(ce)
• Next letter:خ(xe)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ح•(he)

1. The seventeenth letter of theSindhiabjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• (Letters of the Sindhi alphabet)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,ڙھ,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

• Previous letter:ڇ
• Next letter:خ

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Shortened form ofرح(raḥ),compare withEgyptian Arabicحـ(ḥa-)andهـ(ha-).

Particle

حـ•(ḥa-)

1. Alternative form ofرح(raḥ):going to,will;prefix of a following subjunctive verb to express the future tense

Urdu

Alternative forms

• (letter name):بڑی حے(baṛī he)

Pronunciation

• (letter name):(Standard Urdu)IPA^(key):/bə.ɽiː ɦeː/
• (phoneme):(Standard Urdu)IPA^(key):/ɦ/

Letter

ح•(baṛī he)

1. The ninth letter of theUrduabjad

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ

See also

• Previous letter:چ(c)
• Next letter:خ(x)