الحجاز

Arabic

Etymology

From حِجَاز (ḥijāz), an uncommon variant of حَاجِز (ḥājiz, “barrier, obstacle, impediment”), so called because of the mountain range located there.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ħi.d͡ʒaːz/

Proper noun

الْحِجَاز • (al-ḥijāz) f

1. Hejaz (a mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places)
2. (historical) Hejaz (a former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia)

Declension

Declension of noun الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	الْحِجَاز al-ḥijāz	—
nominative	—	الْحِجَازُ al-ḥijāzu	—
accusative	—	الْحِجَازَ al-ḥijāza	—
genitive	—	الْحِجَازِ al-ḥijāzi	—

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ħi.d͡ʒaːz/, [alħɪd͡ʒaːz], [alħɪʒaːz]

Proper noun

الحجاز • (al-ḥijāz) f

1. Hejaz (a mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places)
2. (historical) Hejaz (a former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia)

Related terms

• حِجازي (ḥijāzi, “Hijazi”) (masculine)
• حِجازِيَّة (ḥijāziyya, “Hijazi”) (feminine)