هكذا

Arabic

Etymology

From هَا (hā) +‎ كَذَا (kaḏā). The determiner use is an influence from dialectal Arabic, where this construction is common.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː.ka.ðaː/

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Adverb

هَٰكَذَا • (hākaḏā)

1. so, thus, this way, like this

   لَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّكَ هَٰكَذَا

   lam ʔakun ʔaẓunnuka hākaḏā

   I never thought you were like that.

Descendants

• Maltese: hekkda
• Moroccan Arabic: هاكدا (hākda), هاكا (hākka)
• → Azerbaijani: hakəza
• → Classical Persian: هَٰکَذَا (hākazā)
  • → Uzbek: hokazo
• → Ottoman Turkish:
  • Turkish: hakeza

Determiner

هَٰكَذَا • (hākaḏā)

1. (Modern Standard Arabic, proscribed) such, such a

   Synonyms: (prepositioned) مِثْلُ هٰذَا (miṯlu hāḏā), (postpositioned) كَهٰذَا (kahāḏā), مِن هٰذَا القَبِيل (min hāḏā l-qabīl)

   • 2024 January 30, “بغداد ترد على تصريحات نائب أميركي بشأن رئيس مجلس القضاء العراقي”, in Alhurra‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-08-06:

     وَتَأَسَّفَتِ ٱلْوِزَارَةُ "مُحاوَلَاتِ إِقْحَامِ ٱلْكُونْغْرِسِ فِي هَٰكَذَا قَضايَا، لِكَوْنِهَا تُشَكِّلُ تَدَخُّلًا فِي سِيَادَةِ ٱلدُّوَلِ وَأَنْظِمَتِهَا ٱلْقَضَائِيَّةِ".

     wataʔassafati l-wizāratu "muḥāwalāti ʔiqḥāmi l-kūnḡrisi fī hākaḏā qaḍāyā, likawnihā tušakkilu tadaḵḵulan fī siyādati d-duwali waʔanẓimatihā l-qaḍāʔiyyati".

     The ministry deplored “attempts to involve Congress in such cases, because they constitute an interference in the sovereignty and juridicial bodies of [other] countries”.