alhaja

See also: alhajá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlaxa/ [aˈla.xa]

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: al‧ha‧ja

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”); or الحِلْيَة (al-ḥilya, “ornament”).

Noun

alhaja f (plural alhajas)

1. jewel; gem

   Synonym: joya

Derived terms

• alhajar
• alhajero

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: alahas
• → Tagalog: alahas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alhaja

1. inflection of alhajar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alhaja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014