حاجة

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.d͡ʒa/
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Etymology 1

From the root ح و ج (ḥ-w-j).

Noun

حَاجَة (ḥāja) f (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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

حَاجَة (ḥāja) f (singulative, collective حَاج (ḥāj))

  1. singulative of حَاج (ḥāj, Alhagi gen. et spp.)
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).

Noun

حاجة (ḥāga) f (plural حاجات)

  1. thing

Pronoun

حاجة (ḥāga) f

  1. something (an unspecified object)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈħaːd͡ʒa/

Noun

حاجة • (ḥāja) f

(plural حاجات ‎(ḥājāt))
  1. a thing
  2. something

Synonyms

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