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العربية

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ه¹

  • /haːʔ/ letter, name
  • /h/ phoneme

Where it comes from

From the Nabataean letter 𐢇 (l, “he”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (l, “he”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓀠. See also Classical Syriac ܗ (l, “he”), Hebrew ה (l, “he”), Ancient Greek Ε (E), Latin E.

letter ه ~ ﮪ · هـ · ـهـ · ـه · hāʔ

  1. letter The twenty-sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ن (n) and followed by و (w).

symbol ه / ﮪ · hāʔ

  1. The abjad numeral representing the number five (5)

ه²

pronoun ـهُ · ـهُۥ · ـهِ · ـهِۦ · -hu · -hū

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

ه³

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

adverb ﮪ · h

  1. AH (Anno Hegirae)

ه⁴

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ha. Cognate to Hebrew הֲ־ (hă-).

particle هَـ · ha-

  1. obsolete Banū Ṭayyiʔ form of أَ (ʔa, interrogative particle)

ه⁵

Where it comes from

From هِجْرَة (hijra, “Hegira”), the epoch of this era.

adverb h

  1. abbreviation abbreviation of هِجْرِيّ (hijriyy): in the year of the Hegira (AH).

In English

  • it object — see also that
  • his attributive: belonging to him
  • him dative / indirect object

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ه},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}