حاجة

العربية

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حاجة¹

  • /ħaː.d͡ʒa/

noun حَاجَة · ḥāja · حَاجَتَان · حَاجَات · الْحَاجَة

  1. need, necessity (act of needing something)
  2. need (thing needed)
  3. neediness, poverty
  4. want, desire
  5. matter, concern

حاجة²

  • /ħaː.d͡ʒa/

Where it comes from

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

noun حَاجَة · ḥāja · حَاج · الْحَاجَة

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

In English

  • need something required
  • hajji one who has participated in a hajj
  • necessity quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حاجة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-حاجة.ogg.