hija

• hi

From Arabic هِيَ‎ (hiya).

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ja/

hija

1. she (third-person feminine singular subject pronoun)

From Old Spanish fija, from Latin fīlia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈixa/ [ˈi.xa]

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• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: hi‧ja

hija f (plural hijas, masculine hijo, masculine plural hijos)

1. daughter; female equivalent of hijo

The noun hijo is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

• hijo

• → Tagalog: iha

• “hijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Arabic حِجَّة‎ (ḥijja).

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hija (n class, plural hija)

1. pilgrimage

• -hiji (“to go on a pilgrimage”)