الحجاز
Arabic
Etymology
From حِجَاز (ḥijāz), an uncommon variant of حَاجِز (ḥājiz, “barrier, obstacle, impediment”), so called because of the mountain range located there.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ħi.d͡ʒaːz/
Proper noun
الْحِجَاز • (al-ḥijāz) f
- Hejaz (a mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places)
- (historical) Hejaz (a former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | الْحِجَاز al-ḥijāz |
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| nominative | — | الْحِجَازُ al-ḥijāzu |
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| accusative | — | الْحِجَازَ al-ḥijāza |
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| genitive | — | الْحِجَازِ al-ḥijāzi |
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Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ħi.d͡ʒaːz/, [alħɪd͡ʒaːz], [alħɪʒaːz]
Proper noun
الحجاز • (al-ḥijāz) f
- Hejaz (a mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places)
- (historical) Hejaz (a former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia)