هودج

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain origin, natively associated with ه د ج (h-d-j) with the senses of taking short steps, to waver when one walks, to walk like an elder person, to walk like one carrying a burden; a reference to a camel's strain.

Possibly under influence of phono-semantic matching of Middle Persian [script needed] (kwpk' /⁠kōfag⁠/, “saddle, the prominent parts at the front and rear of a saddle”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kwp /⁠kōf⁠/, “mountain, hill; hump”); cognate to Modern and Classical Persian کوهه (kōha, “hump; saddle; hillock”) and Persian کوه (kôh, “mountain”).

Compare also Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אוּכָּפָא (ʾukkāp̄ā, “packsaddle”), Classical Syriac ܐܽܘܟܳܦܴܐ (ʾukkāp̄ā, “packsaddle”), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אכפי (/⁠*ʾukkāp̄ē⁠/, “yoke, type of load bearing device”) which form passed into Arabic أُكَّاف (ʔukkāf, “packsaddle”) and is itself from Akkadian 𒌑𒂵𒁍 (u₂-ka₃-pu /⁠ukāpu⁠/, “saddle-cloth, pack”), to illustrate matching and influence of saddle terms in the region.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haw.dad͡ʒ/

Noun

هَوْدَج • (hawdaj) m (plural هَوَادِج (hawādij))

1. camel litter, howdah (a closed compartment put on the back of camel, usually used for carrying brides and important women)
2. sedan chair, litter

Declension

Declension of noun هَوْدَج (hawdaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوْدَج hawdaj	الْهَوْدَج al-hawdaj	هَوْدَج hawdaj
Nominative	هَوْدَجٌ hawdajun	الْهَوْدَجُ al-hawdaju	هَوْدَجُ hawdaju
Accusative	هَوْدَجًا hawdajan	الْهَوْدَجَ al-hawdaja	هَوْدَجَ hawdaja
Genitive	هَوْدَجٍ hawdajin	الْهَوْدَجِ al-hawdaji	هَوْدَجِ hawdaji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوْدَجَيْن hawdajayn	الْهَوْدَجَيْن al-hawdajayn	هَوْدَجَيْ hawdajay
Nominative	هَوْدَجَانِ hawdajāni	الْهَوْدَجَانِ al-hawdajāni	هَوْدَجَا hawdajā
Accusative	هَوْدَجَيْنِ hawdajayni	الْهَوْدَجَيْنِ al-hawdajayni	هَوْدَجَيْ hawdajay
Genitive	هَوْدَجَيْنِ hawdajayni	الْهَوْدَجَيْنِ al-hawdajayni	هَوْدَجَيْ hawdajay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوَادِج hawādij	الْهَوَادِج al-hawādij	هَوَادِج hawādij
Nominative	هَوَادِجُ hawādiju	الْهَوَادِجُ al-hawādiju	هَوَادِجُ hawādiju
Accusative	هَوَادِجَ hawādija	الْهَوَادِجَ al-hawādija	هَوَادِجَ hawādija
Genitive	هَوَادِجَ hawādija	الْهَوَادِجِ al-hawādiji	هَوَادِجِ hawādiji

Descendants

• → English: howdah
• → Bengali: হাওদা (haōda)
• → Ottoman Turkish: هودج (hevdec)
• → Turkmen: howut

Hijazi Arabic

هودج on a camel

Etymology

From Arabic هَوْدَج (hawdaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoː.dad͡ʒ/

Noun

هودج • (hōdaj) m (plural هوادج (hawādij))

1. camel litter, howdah (a closed compartment put on the back of camel, usually used for carrying pilgrims to Mecca)

   Hypernym: شقدف (šugduf, “bigger than a هودج (hōdaj)”)