Possession

"Possession" in Arabic

اِسْتِحْوَاذ

istiḥwāḏ

(control of the ball in a disputed sports game)

تَلَبُّس

talabbus

(the state of being possessed by a spirit or demon)

حَوْزَة

ḥawza

(control or occupancy without legal ownership)

حَوْزَة

ḥawza

(ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own)

عُهْدَة

ʕuhda

(ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own)

مَسّ

mass

(the state of being possessed by a spirit or demon)

مُلْكِيّة

mulkiyya

(ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own)

مُمْتَلَك

mumtalak

(something that is owned)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.