حاجة

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.d͡ʒa/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

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
Descendants

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

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): /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 Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.ʒe/, [ˈħæː.ʒe]
  • IPA(key): /ħaː.ʒa/, [ˈħæː.ʒa]
  • (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)
    حاجة تبكي.
    hāje tibki
    Stop crying.
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