hiany

Hiány is a Hungarian noun meaning lack, absence, or shortage. It describes the state of not having enough of something or a deficit relative to a need or expectation.

The term can refer to material conditions (anyagi hiány, financial scarcity), resources (energia hiány, supply shortfalls), or abstract conditions (hiányérzet, a feltételezett absence). It is used with various modifiers and in fixed phrases: hiányzik (it is missing) is the intransitive verb form; hiány van (there is a lack); hiányos (deficient, incomplete).

In everyday language, hiány often signals a problem or gap that needs addressing, and it can be used in economic, social, or personal contexts. In education or healthcare, hiányzás refers to absence or truancy; hiánypótlás means replacement or remedy for a deficiency.

The concept also appears in statistics, where a measurement may be incomplete or missing, described as hiányos adatok or hiányzó értékek. See also: hiányzik, hiányosság, hiánypótlás, hiányzás.