haja

From Arabic هَيْجاء‎ (hayjāʾ).

haja f (uncountable) (slang)

1. trouble, problems, difficulties
   • 2016, Guti (lyrics), “Pression”, performed by Ceelo Squad:

     J’aime trop la haja, la férocité, polyvalent, trop de capacités

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   • 2017, M.A.D. (lyrics), “Jacques a dit”, in Indépendant, performed by Elh Kmer:

     Ya haja té-mon sur la moto

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• IPA^(key): /háː.(d)ʒàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [háː.d͡ʒàː]

hājā̀ f (plural hājōjī, possessed form hājàr̃)

1. goods, merchandise

haj +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒjɒ]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ja

haja

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of haj

• aja (obsolete)

• Homophone: aja
• Hyphenation: ha‧ja

haja

1. inflection of haver:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Arabic حَاجَة‎ (ḥāja).

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haja (n class, plural haja)

1. need, requirement
2. call of nature

• uhitaji

From Tavringer Romani haja, from Romani haj- (“to understand”), further origin obscure.

haja (present hajar, preterite hajade, supine hajat, imperative haja)

1. (colloquial) to understand, to follow, to get

   Hajaru? (hajar du?)

   Do you get it?

• fatta (colloquial)
• förstå

• haja till

• Gerd Carling (2005), “haja”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 82

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