alhaja

See also: alhajá

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈlaxa/ [aˈla.xa]
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  • Rhymes: -axa
  • Syllabification: al‧ha‧ja

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”);[1] or الحِلْيَة (al-ḥilya, “ornament”).

Noun

alhaja f (plural alhajas)

  1. jewel; gem
    Synonym: joya
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Cebuano: alahas
  • → Tagalog: alahas
  • → Hanunoo: Alaha

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “alhaja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alhaja

  1. inflection of alhajar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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