هجا

Arabic

Root
ه ج و (h-j-w)

Verb

هَجَا • (hajā) I, non-past يَهْجُو‎ (yahjū)

  1. to speak poorly of, to satirize, to dispraise or revile with words, to lampoon
    • وَكَمْ عَلَّمْتُهُ نَظْمَ الْقَوَافِي / فَلَمَّا قَالَ قَافِيَةً هَجَانِي
      wakam ʕallamtuhū naẓma l-qawāfī / falammā qāla qāfiyatan hajānī
      And how much have I taught him the organisation of rhymes / and when he spoke his rhyme, he dispraised me.
  2. to pronounce or speak of something's various traits or flaws
  3. to pronounce syllables, to spell out, to annunciate or make plain the various sounds of a word

Conjugation

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic هِجَاء (hijāʔ).

Noun

Dari هجا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳиҷо

هجا • (hejâ) (plural هجاها (hejâ-hâ))

  1. syllable

Synonyms

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