7aja حاجة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7aja” (حاجة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning thing, stuff.
Meanings
- thing, stuff
- need, errand to run
- nothing (ta 7aja)
Usage
7aja is one of the most common darija words for a thing. The plural is 7wayej, which also means "belongings" or "clothes". With chi, it forms chi 7aja, "something". Preceded by ta, it gives ta 7aja, "nothing at all", in a negative sentence. The word can also refer to a need or an errand: 3ndi 7aja m3ak means "I need you for something". Note that 7aja is not limited to objects: it can refer to an idea, a fact or a situation.
Example
دير شي حاجة
dir chi 7aja
“Do something.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7aja” but also “haja”, “7ja”, “7aje” and “hajja”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7aja” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “thing, something”; “matter, need, something to do”: 7aja in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “thing, stuff”; “something”: 7aja in Tunisian.