See also: حجر and جحر

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ح ج ز (ḥ j z)
4 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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حَجَزَ (ḥajaza) I, non-past يَحْجُزُ or يَحْجِزُ‎ (yaḥjuzu or yaḥjizu)

  1. to hold back, to restrain, to contain
  2. to prevent, to hinder
  3. to block, to impede, to obstruct
  4. to block off, to close off, to cordon off
  5. to seclude, to isolate
  6. to lock away
  7. to arrest, to detain, to hold
  8. to seize, to confiscate, to impound, to sequester
  9. to book, to reserve, to RSVP
    قَدْ حَجَزْتُ غُرْفَةً فِي الْفُنْدُقِ لِلإِقَامَةِ الْلَّيْلَةِ.
    I have reserved a room at the hotel for tonight.
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Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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حَجْز (ḥajzm

  1. verbal noun of حَجَزَ (ḥajaza) (form I)
  2. curbing, restraint
  3. seclusion, isolation
  4. arrest, detention, holding, confinement
  5. seizure, confiscation, impound, sequester, sequestration
  6. booking, reservation, RSVP, order
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: حجز (hacz)
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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ح ج ز
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic حَجَزَ (ḥajaza).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħa.ʒaz/, [ˈħa.ʒaz], [ˈħa.d͡ʒaz]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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حجز (ḥajaz) I (present بحجز (biḥjiz))

  1. to reserve
  2. to confiscate

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of حجز (ḥajaz)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حجزت (ḥajazt) حجزت (ḥajazt) حجز (ḥajaz) حجزنا (ḥajazna) حجزتو (ḥajaztu) حجزو (ḥajazu)
f حجزتي (ḥajazti) حجزت (ḥajzat)
present m بحجز (baḥjiz) بتحجز (btiḥjiz) بحجز (biḥjiz) منحجز (mniḥjiz) بتحجزو (btiḥjizu) بحجزو (biḥjizu)
f بتحجزي (btiḥjizi) بتحجز (btiḥjiz)
subjunctive m أحجز (ʔaḥjiz) تحجز (tiḥjiz) يحجز (yiḥjiz) نحجز (niḥjiz) تحجزو (tiḥjizu) يحجزو (yiḥjizu)
f تحجزي (tiḥjizi) تحجز (tiḥjiz)
imperative m احجز (iḥjiz) احجزو (iḥjizu)
f احجزي (iḥjizi)