حَاجَةٌ need in Arabic
حَاجَةٌ is how you say “need” in Arabic.
Root ح و ج ḥ-w-j. noun (substantive). ḥājah.
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Meaning of need in Arabic
- want, need, necessity, exigency the basic, most common sense
- a thing needed; a matter or errand to attend to e.g. قضى حاجته, "he saw to his need/errand"
Example sentence
وَأَنْزِلْهَا مَنْزِلَةَ مَنْ لَا حَاجَةَ لَهُ فِيهَا وَلا بُدَّ لَهُ مِنْهَا
Place it in the position of one who has no desire for it yet cannot do without it.
حَاجَةَ need
'haja' = 'need'. With 'la' before it: 'no need'.
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How it is used
حَاجَةٌ is the everyday word for a need or a thing one requires, as in لِى حَاجَةٌ إِلَى كَذَا, "I need such a thing." Its plural is usually حَاجَات, though the irregular حَوَائِج is also very frequent in classical speech and hadith despite early grammarians' unease with its form.
Words from the same root
- حَاجَ to want, need, require
- اِحْتَاجَ to need, be in need of
- أَحْوَجَ to make someone need something
- مُحْتَاجٌ one in need, needy
- حَوَائِجُ needs, things needed
More example sentences
افصل بين الحاجة والرغبة؛ الحاجة تُقيمك، والرغبة إن تُركت بلا ضابط تستهلكك
Distinguish between need and desire; need establishes you, while desire, if left unchecked, consumes you.
الْحَاجَةِ need
'al-' = 'the'; 'haja' = 'need'; takes the 'of' ending after 'bayna'.
افصل بين الحاجة والرغبة؛ الحاجة تُقيمك، والرغبة إن تُركت بلا ضابط تستهلكك
Distinguish between need and desire; need establishes you, while desire, if left unchecked, consumes you.
الْحَاجَةُ need
'al-' = 'the'; 'haja' = 'need'. Subject of the next clause, 'the need'.
تنادوا هلموا إلى حاجتكم،
they call out: "Come to what you seek!"
حَاجَتِكُمْ what you seek
Genitive after 'to', this is 'your need / object' with attached 'your' — 'what you seek'. The pronoun addresses the summoned angels. So 'come to your goal', meaning the circle of remembrance worth gathering at.
قَالَ فَحَاجَةٌ قَالَ هَاتِ مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ رَزِيَّةً فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ
He said, then Hajja said, "Bring what would not be a calamity for the religion of God."
فَحَاجَةٌ then Hajja
A noun opened by the attached 'then/so', read here as a speaker's name introducing the next turn. The prefix sequences this into the exchange.
قَالَ إِنِّي مُحْتَاجٌ، وَعَلَيَّ عِيَالٌ، وَلِيَّ حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ
He said, "I am in need, and I have dependents, and I have an urgent need."
حَاجَةٌ a need
An indefinite feminine noun standing as the thing the speaker 'has', the subject of the have-clause. Its feminine gender will be matched by the adjective after it; with no 'the' it states a need in general, awaiting that describing word.
وَبَابُهَا مِنْ جَرِيدٍ حَتَّى قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَاجَتَهُ،
And its opening was from palm branches, until the Messenger of God had finished his need.
حَاجَتَهُ his need
A noun fused with 'his', 'his need', the object the Messenger finished; the attached 'his' names whose need it was. It is the thing the finishing verb acted on.
Common questions
- How do you say "need" in Arabic?
- حَاجَةٌ (ḥājah).
- What is the plural of حاجة؟
- Usually حَاجَات (ḥājāt); the irregular حَوَائِج (ḥawāʾij) is also common in classical usage.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).