Haya: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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حیا
حَيَاء
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Haya (حیا, Arabic حَيَاء) means “modesty; bashfulness”. It comes from the Arabic root ح ي ي. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ح ي ي.
- Meaning
- modesty; bashfulness
- معنی
- شرم و حیا
Where it comes from
Shyness and modesty, from ḥayiya.
- Say it
- ha-yaaAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ح ي ي
- Other spellings
- Hayaa
- Themes
- Virtue