حاجة

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Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.d͡ʒa/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From the root ح و ج (ḥ-w-j).

Noun

حَاجَة (ḥājaf (dual حَاجَتَانِ (ḥājatāni), plural حَاجَات (ḥājāt))

  1. need, necessity (act of needing something)
  2. need (thing needed)
  3. neediness, poverty
  4. want, desire
  5. matter, concern
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Singulative noun composed of حَاج (ḥāj, Alhagi gen. et spp.) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

حَاجَة (ḥājaf (singulative, collective حَاج m (ḥāj))

  1. Template:singulative of
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حاجة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation

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Noun

حاجة (ḥāgaf (plural حاجات)

  1. thing

Pronoun

حاجة (ḥāgaf

  1. something (an unspecified object)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation

Noun

حاجة (ḥājaf (plural حاجات (ḥājāt))

  1. a thing
  2. something

Synonyms


South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح و ج
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.ʒe/, [ˈħæː.ʒe]
  • IPA(key): /ħaː.ʒa/, [ˈħæː.ʒa]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

حاجة (ḥājef (plural حاجات (ḥājāt))

  1. need
  2. object, matter

Interjection

حاجة (ḥāje)

  1. enough!, stop!
    حاجة تبكي.
    hāje tibki
    Stop crying.
    Synonyms: بس (bass), خلص (ḵalaṣ)