Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.d͡ʒa/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ح و ج (ḥ-w-j)

Noun edit

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 edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

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

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic حاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

حاجة (ḥāgaf (plural حاجات)

  1. thing

Pronoun edit

حاجة (ḥāgaf

  1. something (an unspecified object)

Hijazi Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

حاجة (ḥājaf (plural حاجات (ḥājāt))

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

Related terms edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ح و ج
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

حاجة (ḥāja, ḥājef (plural حاجات (ḥājāt))

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

Interjection edit

حاجة (ḥāje)

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