هكذا

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هكذا

/haː.ka.ðaː/

Where it comes from

From هَا (hā) + كَذَا (kaḏā). The determiner use is an influence from dialectal Arabic, where this construction is common.

adverb هٰكَذَا · hākaḏā

so, thus, this way, like this لَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّكَ هٰكَذَا
Similar: كَذٰلِكَ

determiner هَٰكَذَا · hākaḏā

Arabic, Modern, Standard, proscribed such, such a وَتَأَسَّفَتِ ٱلْوِزَارَةُ "مُحاوَلَاتِ إِقْحَامِ ٱلْكُونْغْرِسِ فِي هٰكَذَا قَضايَا، لِكَوْنِهَا تُشَكِّلُ تَدَخُّلًا فِي سِيَادَةِ ٱلدُّوَلِ وَأَنْظِمَتِهَا ٱلْقَضَائِيَّةِ".
Similar: مِثْلُ هٰذَا, كَهٰذَا, مِن هٰذَا القَبِيل

In English

because word used in place of an answer to "why"
thus in this way or manner
such used to make a comparison with something implied by context
this way as follows
such as like
like that in that particular manner

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {هكذا},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87%D9%83%D8%B0%D8%A7},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}