حواري

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حواري

/ħa.waː.rijj/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ge'ez ሐዋርያ (ḥäwarəya, “traveller; messenger, envoy; apostle”), from ሖረ (ḥorä, “to walk up, to go forth”) which corresponds to Arabic حَارَ (ḥāra, “to return”).

noun حَوَارِيّ · ḥawāriyy · حَوَارِيُّون · حَوَارِي · الْحَوَارِي

an apostle (leading disciple) of Jesus
Similar: رَسُول
a disciple, student of mysticism

In English

Disciple one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
Apostle any of the group of twelve disciples

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MLA

"حواري." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

حواري. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A

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"حواري." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حواري},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}