ħaġa

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See also: haga, hagá, hagà, håga, hågå, Haga, and Hága

Maltese

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Root
ħ-w-ġ
5 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic حاجة (ḥāja, need, necessity). The sense “thing” is present in many Arabic dialects, including all African ones. It originated as a generalization of “necessity” in the sense of “thing[s] needed for some purpose”. Some of those dialects make a distinction in the plural between حاجَات (ḥājāt, things) and حَوائِج (ḥawāʔij, clothes), but in Maltese the broken form is used for both senses.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ħaġa f (plural ħwejjeġ, paucal ħaġiet)

  1. thing; matter; event
    Semmi xi ħaġa tajba li għamilt.Name something good you did.