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حاجة

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Arabic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħaː.d͡ʒa/
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Etymology 1

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Root
ح و ج (ḥ w j)
7 terms

Noun

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حَاجَة (ḥājaf (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
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Etymology 2

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Singulative noun composed of حَاج (ḥāj, Alhagi gen. et spp.) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

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حَاجَة (ḥājaf (singulative, collective حَاج m (ḥāj))

  1. singulative of حَاج (ḥāj, Alhagi gen. et spp.)
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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Arabic حاجَة (ḥāja).

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Noun

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حاجة (ḥāgaf (plural حاجات)

  1. thing

Pronoun

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حاجة (ḥāgaf

  1. something (an unspecified object)

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

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Noun

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حاجة (ḥājaf (plural حاجات (ḥājāt))

  1. a thing
  2. something
    Synonyms: شَي (šayy), غَرَض (ḡaraḍ)
  3. need, necessity (act of needing something)
  4. neediness, poverty
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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ح و ج
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

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Noun

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حاجة (ḥāja, ḥājef (plural حاجات (ḥājāt))

  1. need
  2. object, matter
  3. (Gaza) thing

Interjection

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حاجة (ḥāje)

  1. enough!, stop!
    Synonyms: بس (bass), خلص (ḵalaṣ)
    حاجة تبكي.
    hāje tibki
    Stop crying.