Hawa
[hɑːˈwɑː]Meaning
alternate transcription of Arabic Ḥawwāʾ, and the Swahili form
Background Story
Hawa is the traditional Arabic, classical Hebrew and Swahili name of the Biblical and Qur'anic figure Eve, with Chava the more common form in Modern Hebrew. In both Akan and Indonesian the name is borrowed from Arabic ḥawwāʔ. It is recorded as a given name in languages including Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Chechen, Croatian, Czech and Danish, and in Atayal it is a male given name.
Temperament
Variations
Hawaah, Hawwah
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