haja

See also: haja- and hája

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَيْجاء (hayjāʔ).

Noun

haja f (uncountable) (slang)

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

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

     Ya haja té-mon sur la moto

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Galician

Verb

haja

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

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hājā̀ f (plural hājōjī, possessed form hājàr̃)

1. goods, merchandise

Hungarian

Etymology

haj +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

haja

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	haja	—
accusative	haját	—
dative	hajának	—
instrumental	hajával	—
causal-final	hajáért	—
translative	hajává	—
terminative	hajáig	—
essive-formal	hajaként	—
essive-modal	hajául	—
inessive	hajában	—
superessive	haján	—
adessive	hajánál	—
illative	hajába	—
sublative	hajára	—
allative	hajához	—
elative	hajából	—
delative	hajáról	—
ablative	hajától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	hajáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	hajáéi	—

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aja (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʒɐ/

• Homophone: aja
• Hyphenation: ha‧ja

Verb

haja

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

haja (n class, plural haja)

1. need, requirement
2. call of nature

Synonyms

• uhitaji

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

   Hajaru? (Hajar du?)

   Do you get it?

2. (colloquial, with till) to (suddenly) react to something (surprising or unpleasant) (thus becoming (more) alert); to flinch, to startle

   Det där galna påståendet fick nog de flesta i salen att haja till

   That crazy claim probably made most people in hall wince (suddenly react)

Conjugation

Conjugation of haja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	haja		hajas
Supine	hajat		hajats
Imperative	haja		—
Imper. plural1	hajen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	hajar	hajade	hajas	hajades
Ind. plural1	haja	hajade	hajas	hajades
Subjunctive2	haje	hajade	hajes	hajades
	Participles
Present participle	hajande
Past participle	hajad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• fatta (colloquial)
• förstå

References

• Gerd Carling (2005) “haja”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 82
• haja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• haja till in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• haja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• haja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• haja till in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• jaha