حظ

See also: حط and خط

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ظ ظ (ḥ-ẓ-ẓ). Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎑𐎚 (ḥẓt).

Noun

حَظّ • (ḥaẓẓ) m (plural حُظُوظ (ḥuẓūẓ))

1. share, portion, lot (especially of something good)
2. luck, good fortune
3. enjoyment, pleasure

Declension

Declension of noun حَظّ (ḥaẓẓ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَظّ ḥaẓẓ	الْحَظّ al-ḥaẓẓ	حَظّ ḥaẓẓ
Nominative	حَظٌّ ḥaẓẓun	الْحَظُّ al-ḥaẓẓu	حَظُّ ḥaẓẓu
Accusative	حَظًّا ḥaẓẓan	الْحَظَّ al-ḥaẓẓa	حَظَّ ḥaẓẓa
Genitive	حَظٍّ ḥaẓẓin	الْحَظِّ al-ḥaẓẓi	حَظِّ ḥaẓẓi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَظَّيْن ḥaẓẓayn	الْحَظَّيْن al-ḥaẓẓayn	حَظَّيْ ḥaẓẓay
Nominative	حَظَّانِ ḥaẓẓāni	الْحَظَّانِ al-ḥaẓẓāni	حَظَّا ḥaẓẓā
Accusative	حَظَّيْنِ ḥaẓẓayni	الْحَظَّيْنِ al-ḥaẓẓayni	حَظَّيْ ḥaẓẓay
Genitive	حَظَّيْنِ ḥaẓẓayni	الْحَظَّيْنِ al-ḥaẓẓayni	حَظَّيْ ḥaẓẓay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُظُوظ ḥuẓūẓ	الْحُظُوظ al-ḥuẓūẓ	حُظُوظ ḥuẓūẓ
Nominative	حُظُوظٌ ḥuẓūẓun	الْحُظُوظُ al-ḥuẓūẓu	حُظُوظُ ḥuẓūẓu
Accusative	حُظُوظًا ḥuẓūẓan	الْحُظُوظَ al-ḥuẓūẓa	حُظُوظَ ḥuẓūẓa
Genitive	حُظُوظٍ ḥuẓūẓin	الْحُظُوظِ al-ḥuẓūẓi	حُظُوظِ ḥuẓūẓi

Descendants

• → Persian: حظ (hazz)
  • → Armenian: հազ (haz)
  • → Azerbaijani: həzz
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حظ (hazz)
    • → Romanian: haz
• >? Spanish: hato (possible influence)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “حظ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 397
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حظ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 595
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حظ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, pages 284–285

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ح ظ ظ
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic حَظّ (ḥaẓẓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħazˤzˤ/, /ħaðˤðˤ/

Noun

حظ • (ḥaẓẓ) m (plural حظوظ (ḥuẓūẓ))

1. luck
2. fortune