حاجة

Arabic

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

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • Maltese: ħaġa
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Azerbaijani: hacət (“need”), hacat (“tool”) (from the plural حَاجَات‎ (ḥājāt))
  • → Kazakh: қажет (qajet)
  • → Malay: hajat / حاجت‎
  • → Northern Kurdish: hacet
  • → Persian: حاجت‎
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: alfaia
  • → Spanish: alhaja
  • → Swahili: haja
  • → Turkish: hacet
  • → Turkmen: hajat
  • → Uyghur: ھاجەت‎ (hajet)
  • → Uzbek: hojat

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

حاجة • (ḥāga) f (plural حاجات‎)

  1. thing

Pronoun

حاجة • (ḥāga) f

  1. something (an unspecified object)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈħaː.d͡ʒa/

Noun

حاجة • (ḥāja) f (plural حاجات‎ (ḥājāt))

  1. a thing
  2. something
    Synonyms: شَي‎ (šayy), غَرَض‎ (ḡaraḍ)
  3. need, necessity (act of needing something)
  4. neediness, poverty

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ح و ج‎
2 terms

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

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

Noun

حاجة • (ḥāja, ḥāje) f (plural حاجات‎ (ḥājāt))

  1. need
  2. object, matter
  3. (Gaza) thing

Interjection

حاجة • (ḥāje)

  1. enough!, stop!
    Synonyms: بس‎ (bass), خلص‎ (ḵalaṣ)
    Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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