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هَوَى

tahwā

desire

কামনা করে

Root letters: ه و يAppears 8 times in the Qur'an#1,013 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form I
Learn it in lesson 102

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IRoot letters: ه و ي

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)هَوَىٰ3 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)تَهْوَىٰٓ5 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • تَهْوَىٰٓdesiretahwā · 2 times
  • هَوَىٰhe (has) perishedhawā · 2 times
  • تَهْوِىٓinclinetahwī · 1 times
  • تَهْوِىhad blowntahwī · 1 times
  • تَهْوَىdesiretahwā · 1 times
  • أَهْوَىٰHe overthrewahwā · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ه و ي — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

By the star when it descends,

Surah 53:1 — Read full ayah

[Saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you and do not transgress [or oppress others] therein, lest My anger should descend upon you. And he upon whom My anger descends has certainly fallen [i.e., perished]."

Surah 20:81 — Read full ayah

We had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party [of messengers] they denied, and another party they killed.

Surah 5:70 — Read full ayah