# ه

| ه | U+0647, &#1607; ARABIC LETTER HEH |
| ← ن [U+0646] | Arabic | و → [U+0648] |
| ﻩ | U+FEE9, &#65257; ARABIC LETTER HEH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﻨ [U+FEE8] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻪ → [U+FEEA] |
| ﻪ | U+FEEA, &#65258; ARABIC LETTER HEH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﻩ [U+FEE9] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻫ → [U+FEEB] |
| ﻫ | U+FEEB, &#65259; ARABIC LETTER HEH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﻪ [U+FEEA] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻬ → [U+FEEC] |
| ﻬ | U+FEEC, &#65260; ARABIC LETTER HEH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﻫ [U+FEEB] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻭ → [U+FEED] |

## Arabic
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /haːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /h/

#### Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (hāʔ)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ن (n) and followed by و (w).
    Alternative form: (alternative isolate form) هـ (h-)

#### Symbol

ه/هـ • (hāʔ)
* The abjad numeral representing the number five (5)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

ـهُ or ـهُۥ or ـهِ or ـهِۦ • (-hu or -hū or -hi or -hī) m sg
* him, his, it, its (bound object pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of masculine gender)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًاmin ʔajli ḏālika katabnā ʕalā banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔannahu man qatala nafsan bi-ḡayri nafsin ʔaw fasādin fi l-ʔarḍi fa-ka-ʔannamā qatala n-nāsa jamīʕan wa-man ʔaḥyāhā fa-ka-ʔannamā ʔaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʕanBecause of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:23:قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَqāla maʕāḏa l-lahi , ʔinnahu rabbī ʔaḥsana maṯwāya , ʔinnahu lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūna(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Usage notes

The form ـهِ (-hi) appears after y and ī, the form ـهِ (-hī) after i, the form ـهُ (-hu) after other consonants and long vowels, the form ـهُ (-hū) after short vowels.

#### See also

1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula. 2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)). 4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

### Etymology 3
#### Adverb

هـ • (h-)
* AH

### Etymology 4

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

#### Particle

هَـ • (ha-)
* (obsolete) Banū Ṭayyiʔ form of أَ (ʔa, interrogative particle)

##### Derived terms

* هَل (hal)

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
* ة
* ہ (Kurdish /æ/ and Uyghur /ɛ/ or /æ/)
* ہ (h) (Urdu he)
* ھ (h) (Urdu, Kashmiri, and Punjabi do-cašmī he)
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with ه

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic ـه (-h)

#### Suffix

ـه • (-u) m sg
* enclitic form of هوّ (huwwa)
** object pronoun, attached to verbs: him, it
** possessive pronoun, attached to nouns: his, its
** prepositional pronoun, attached to prepositions: him, it

##### Usage notes

After a vowel, manifests itself only by lengthening the vowel and transferring the stress onto it, except before the negative suffix ـش (-š), where it appears as ـهوش (-hūš).
‎مع (maʕa, “to have”) + ‎ـه → ‎معاه (maʕā, “he has”)
‎مع (maʕa) + ‎ـهوش → ‎معهوش (maʕahūš, “he doesn't have”)

##### Alternative forms

* ـو (alternative spelling)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/

#### Particle

هـ • (ha-)
* Alternative form of حـ

### Etymology 3
#### Suffix

ـه • (-a)
* Alternative spelling of ـة (feminine suffix)

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [hɐ simpol], [hɐ bəsa(r)]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [h]

### Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه
* The thirty-second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

#### See also

* Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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

## North Levantine Arabic
### Alternative forms

* ـو

### Suffix

ـه or ه • (-o/-u after consonant or -h after vowel) m
* Enclitic form of هو (huwwe)
* he, him, his

#### Usage notes

* The h is silent in the form after a vowel, but it lenghtens and stresses the preceding vowel.
    كتبو. ― kátabu ― They wrote.
    كتبوه. ― katabūʰ ― They wrote him.
* It might also be spelled as ـو after a consonant, as many speakers don't distinguish the final vowels “o” and “u”.

#### See also

North Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns :
| | | Singular | Singular | Plural |
| | | after consonant | after vowel | Plural |
| 1st person | after verb | ـني (-ni) | ـني (-ni) | ـنا (-na) |
| 1st person | else | ـِي (-i) | ـي (-y) | ـنا (-na) |
| 2nd person | m | ـَك (-ak) | ـك (-k) | ـكُن (-kun) |
| 2nd person | f | ـِك (-ek) | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُن (-kun) |
| 3rd person | m | ـُه (-o) | ـه (-h) | ـهُن (-(h/w/y)un) |
| 3rd person | f | ـها (-(h/w/y)a) | ـها (-(h/w/y)a) | | ـهُن (-(h/w/y)un) |

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1
#### Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (he)
* A letter of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.

##### Usage notes

* When used as a vowel, never connects to the following letter.
* At the end of an Arabic word ending in teh marbuta, sometimes written as ة to reflect the etymology.
* At the end of the first word in an ezafe construct, when representing a vowel, sometimes written هٔ to suggest a stop between the end of the base word and the normally unwritten vowel of the -i suffix.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *-ke.

#### Suffix

ـه • (-a, -e)
* Forms dative case

##### Descendants

* Turkish: -a, -e

### Etymology 3

From Arabic ـَة (-a).

#### Suffix

ـه • (-a, -e)
* Forms nouns resembling Arabic singulatives or instance nouns, even in ways which would be considered ungrammatical in Arabic, e.g.
    ‎صحن (sahn, “courtyard”) + ‎ـه → ‎صحنه (sahne, “scene”)
    ‎مفكور (mefkûr, “idea”) + ‎ـه → ‎مفكوره (mefkûre, “ideal”)
    ‎مشروط (meşrût, “conditional”) + ‎ـه → ‎مشروطه (meşrûta, “constitutional”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: -a, -e

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ˈɡərda he/
* (phoneme): IPA: /h/, /a/, /ə/

### Letter

ه • (gërda he)
* The thirty-ninth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ه | ـه | ـهـ | هـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: و
* Next letter: ۀ

## Persian
### Pronunciation

(phonemes)
* (formal, all dialects) IPA: [h]
* (colloquial, Dari) IPA: [ɑː], [w], [j] (or deleted)
(letter name)
* (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA: /heː/
* (Iran) IPA: /he/
* Audio (Iran):(file)
* Homophone: ح

### Letter

ه / هـ / ـهـ / ـه • (he)
* The thirty-first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by و and followed by ی. Its name is هه/هِ (in Iran) or هی (Classical Persian and Dari).

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

## South Levantine Arabic
### Alternative forms

* ـو

### Etymology 1

From Arabic ـه (-h).

#### Suffix

ـه • (-o after consonant, -h after vowel) m
* Enclitic form of هو (huwwe)
* he, him, his

##### Usage notes

* ـه (-o) after a consonant is replaced by ـو (-ō-) when followed by the negation suffix ـش (-š).
    ما كتبه ― mā katabo ― he didn't write it
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    ما كتبوش ― mā katabōš ― he didn't write it
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
* ـه (-h) is silent after a vowel, but it lenghtens the preceding vowel; it extends to ـهو (-hō-) when followed by the negation suffix ـش (-š).
    ما كتبو ― mā katabu ― they didn't write
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    ما كتبوه ― mā katabūh ― they didn't write it
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    ما كتبوهوش ― mā katabuhōš ― they didn't write it
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns :
| | | Singular | Singular | Plural |
| | | after consonant | after vowel | Plural |
| 1st person | after verb | ـني (-ni) | ـني (-ni) | ـنا (-na) |
| 1st person | else | ـِي (-i) | ـي (-y) | ـنا (-na) |
| 2nd person | m | ـَك (-ak) | ـك (-k) | ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku) |
| 2nd person | f | ـِك (-ek) | ـكي (-ki) | ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku) |
| 3rd person | m | ـُه (-o) | ـه (-h) | ـهُم (-hom) |
| 3rd person | f | ـها (-ha) | ـها (-ha) | | ـهُم (-hom) |

### Etymology 2

Clipping of هاد (hād).

#### Determiner

هـ • (ha-)
* this, these (before a noun)
    هالكتاب ― hal-kitāb ― this book
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    هالسيّارة ― has-sayyāra ― this car
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
    هالولاد ― hal-ūlād ― these kids
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### See also

* هاد m (hād)
* هادا m (hāda)
* هادي f (hādi)
* هاي f (hāy)
* هدول pl (hadōl)

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /hi/
* (phoneme): IPA: /h/

### Letter

ه (h)
* The ninth letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ه | ـه | ـهـ | هـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ڠ
* Next letter: اِ