Arabic vocabulary

جحاJoha in Arabic

جحا is how you say “Joha” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

من أخبار جحا الأحمق من حماقات جحا
From Joha's tales of foolishness:
جحا — Joha. The owner closing 'tales of Joha', a proper name placed right after the head-noun. As the owning member it sits in the genitive slot, supplying the definiteness of a name to the whole pairing.
From: Reflections on Literal Obedience →
من أخبار جحا الأحمق من حماقات جحا
From Joha's tales of foolishness:
جحا — Joha. The owner closing 'follies of Joha', the name placed right after the head-noun in the genitive slot. The repetition of the name simply ties the second phrase back to the same character.
From: Reflections on Literal Obedience →
فأخذ جحا الدواء وذهب به إلى الحمار ووضعه في عينه،
Joha took the medicine and went to the donkey and put it in its eye,
جحا — Joha. The doer, 'Joha', named after the verb in the usual verb-first order, carrying the subject ending. He is the actor of this stretch of the tale.
From: Reflections on Literal Obedience →
فغضب جحا ورجع إلى العطار
Joha was angry and went back to the herbalist
جحا — Joha. The one angered, 'Joha', named after the verb and so carrying the subject ending. He is the actor of this turn.
From: Reflections on Literal Obedience →

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