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هاوِي

amateur, hobbyist /ˈhaː.wiː/

nounB2#3767 most common

Also: enthusiast, fan (non-professional practitioner), dilettante

Example sentences

أنا هاوي رسم.
I am an amateur painter.
أختي هاوية موسيقى.
My sister is a music enthusiast.
يلعب هذا الفريق بمستوى الهواة، لا المحترفين.
This team plays at an amateur level, not a professional one.
شارك هاوٍ في السباق وفاز على المحترفين.
An amateur entered the race and beat the professionals.
بصفته هاوياً للفلك، يقضي معظم لياليه في مراقبة النجوم.
As an amateur astronomer, he spends most of his nights watching the stars.
يجتمع هواةٌ متحمسون من مختلف أنحاء العالم لتبادل خبراتهم في هذا المجال النادر.
Enthusiastic amateurs from around the world gather to trade experience in this rare field.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeهاوٍ (indef.) / الهاوي (def.)هُواة
Genitiveهاوٍ (indef.) / الهاوي (def.)هُواة
Accusativeهاوياً (indef.) / الهاوي (def.)هُواة
Vocativeيا هاوييا هُواة

Word family

هوايةhobby, pastime
هوىto love, to fancy, to fall
هواةamateurs, enthusiasts (plural)
محترفprofessional (the usual opposite of هاوي)

Etymology

The word comes from the Arabic root h-w-y, tied to the verb hawiya/hawā, meaning to love or be fond of something. Hāwī is the active participle of that verb, so it literally means one who loves or fancies a thing. Over time this shifted from a general lover of something to the specific sense of a person who pursues an activity out of love rather than for pay, an amateur or hobbyist.

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