haja

Borrowed from Arabic هَيْجاء (hayjāʔ).

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

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

     Ya haja té-mon sur la moto

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haja

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

• 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?

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)

• fatta (colloquial)
• förstå

• 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)

• jaha