# واحد
## Arabic
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḥad- ~ *waḥad- (“one”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waː.ħid/

### Numeral

وَاحِد • (wāḥid) m (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida))
* one
    رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا وَٱمْرَأَةً وَاحِدَةًraʔaytu rajulan wāḥidan wa-mraʔatan wāḥidatanI saw [only] one man and one woman.

#### Usage notes

* The cardinal numbers "one" and "two" succeed the modified noun or substantive and agree with its grammatical gender.
* Adding the cardinal numbers "one" and "two" is optional, since nouns have morphologically singular and dual forms. Thus, when mentioned, it usually implies some emphasis comparable to the addition of only or merely in English.

#### Related terms

* أَحَد (ʔaḥad), إِحْدَى (ʔiḥdā)

### Adjective

وَاحِد • (wāḥid) (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida), masculine plural وَاحِدُون (wāḥidūn) or وُحْدَان (wuḥdān) or أُحْدَان (ʔuḥdān))
* single
* unique, incomparable
* a certain

#### Declension
### Pronoun

وَاحِد • (wāḥid) m (feminine وَاحِدَة (wāḥida))
* someone
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:2:اَلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِئَةَ جَلْدَةٍaz-zāniyatu wa-z-zānī fa-jlidū kulla wāḥidin minhumā miʔata jaldatinAs for female and male fornicators, give each one of them one hundred lashes

#### Descendants

* Maltese: wieħed
* → Azerbaijani: vahid
* → Malay: واحد

### References

* 1 2 3 Wehr, Hans (1979) “وحد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
* ↑ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “واحد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈwæːħɪd]

### Numeral

واحد • (wāḥid)
* one

### Adjective

واحد • (wāḥid) (feminine واحدة (waḥda))
* one

### Noun

واحد • (wāḥid) m (feminine واحدة (waḥda))
* someone
* person
* guy; man

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waː.ħid/

### Numeral

واحد • (wāḥid) m (feminine وحدة (waḥda))
* one

## Malay
### Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /wahet/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /wahɪt/
* Rhymes: -ahet, -het, -et

### Numeral

واحد (Rumi spelling wahid)
* Alternative form of احد (ahad)

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waː.ħid/

### Numeral

واحد • (wāḥid) m (feminine واحدة (waḥda))
* one

### Adjective

واحد • (wāḥid) (feminine واحدة (waḥda), masculine plural واحدين (waḥdīn), feminine plural واحدات (waḥdāt))
* single

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [wɑː.hið]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [wɑː.ɦɪd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [wɑː.ɦɪd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [wɑː.jɪd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [wɔː.jid̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [vɒː.ɦed̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [vɔ.ɦid̪]

### Noun

واحد • (vâhed)
* individual
* unit

### Adjective

واحد • (vâhed)
* single
* sole, unique

### Numeral

واحد • (vâhed) (literary, otherwise uncommon)
* one
    Synonym: یک (yak)

### Further reading

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “واحد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
* “واحد”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “واحد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waː.ħad/, [ˈwaː.ħad]
* IPA: /waː.ħed/, [ˈwaː.ħed]
* Audio (Amman):(file)

### Numeral

واحد • (wāḥad) m (feminine واحدة (waḥde))
* one

#### Usage notes

* As in Modern Standard Arabic, there is no indefinite article; the number “one” is already implied in nouns without the definite article ال (il). In order to stress that it's only “one”, واحد (wāḥad) is used as an adjective following the noun.

### Adjective

واحد • (wāḥad) (feminine واحدة (waḥde))
* single

### Noun

واحد • (wāḥad) m
* person, (after a number) people

### Pronoun

واحد • (wāḥad)
* one
* someone, anyone
    Synonym: حدا (ḥada, “someone, anyone”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَاحِد (wāhid), from Arabic وَاحِد (wāḥid).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ʋɑː.ɦɪd̪/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪd̪

### Adjective

وَاحِد • (vāhid) (Hindi spelling वाहिद)
* single