حَاجَة need in Arabic
حَاجَة is how you say “need” in Arabic.
Root ح و ج ḥ-w-j. noun (feminine). ḥāja.
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Meaning of need in Arabic
- want, need, necessity the general, most common sense; broader in some respects than faqr (poverty)
- a thing wanted or needed; an object of want
- an affair, matter, or errand to attend to as in qaḍā ḥājatah, 'he saw to his business' — also used euphemistically for relieving oneself
Example sentence
وَلَا يمل من خدمته مع حاجته وفقره إِلَيْهِ،
And that he does not tire of serving Him, despite his need and poverty before Him,
حَاجَتِهِ his need
haja means 'need'; the ending '-hi' adds 'his' — 'his need'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
The regular plural is ḥājāt; the plural ḥawāʾij is irregular in form but very common in classical poetry and hadith. Of the verb forms, iḥtāja (form VIII) is the most frequently used way to say 'to need'.
Words from the same root
- حَاجَ to want, need, or require
- اِحْتَاجَ to need, be in want of
- أَحْوَجَ to make someone need something
- مُحْتَاجٌ needy, in want
- حَوَائِجُ needs, things required
Common questions
- How do you say "need" in Arabic?
- حَاجَة (ḥāja).
- What is the plural of حَاجَة?
- Regularly حَاجَات (ḥājāt); the irregular but common classical plural is حَوَائِج (ḥawāʾij).
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).