"هكذا" meaning in Arabic

See هكذا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /haː.ka.ðaː/ Forms: هٰكَذَا [canonical], hākaḏā [romanization]
Etymology: From هَا (hā) + كَذَا (kaḏā). The determiner use is an influence from dialectal Arabic, where this construction is common. Etymology templates: {{af|ar|هَا|كَذَا}} هَا (hā) + كَذَا (kaḏā) Head templates: {{ar-adv|هٰكَذَا}} هٰكَذَا • (hākaḏā)
  1. so, thus, this way, like this Synonyms: كَذٰلِكَ
    Sense id: en-هكذا-ar-adv-H7KlelKB Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0

Determiner

IPA: /haː.ka.ðaː/ Forms: هَٰكَذَا [canonical], hākaḏā [romanization]
Etymology: From هَا (hā) + كَذَا (kaḏā). The determiner use is an influence from dialectal Arabic, where this construction is common. Etymology templates: {{af|ar|هَا|كَذَا}} هَا (hā) + كَذَا (kaḏā) Head templates: {{head|ar|determiner|head=هَٰكَذَا}} هَٰكَذَا • (hākaḏā)
  1. (Modern Standard Arabic, proscribed) such, such a Tags: Arabic, Modern, Standard, proscribed Synonyms: مِثْلُ هٰذَا (english: prepositioned), كَهٰذَا (english: postpositioned), مِن هٰذَا القَبِيل
    Sense id: en-هكذا-ar-det-tYsxBmBh Categories (other): Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic determiners, Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic determiners: 28 72 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
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      "lang_code": "mt",
      "word": "hekkda"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hijazi Arabic",
      "lang_code": "acw",
      "roman": "kida",
      "word": "كِذا"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Moroccan Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ary",
      "roman": "hākda",
      "word": "هاكدا"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Moroccan Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ary",
      "roman": "hākka",
      "word": "هاكا"
    },
    {
      "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ajp",
      "roman": "hēk",
      "word": "هيك"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hakəza"
    },
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          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "lang_code": "uz",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "hokazo"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Classical Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "hākazā",
      "word": "هَٰکَذَا"
    }
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              29
            ]
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            ]
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          "english": "I never thought you were like that.",
          "roman": "lam ʔakun ʔaẓunnuka hākaḏā",
          "text": "لَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّكَ هٰكَذَا",
          "translation": "I never thought you were like that.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "so, thus, this way, like this"
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        ],
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          "this way",
          "this way"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "كَذٰلِكَ"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haː.ka.ðaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "هكذا"
}

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  "pos": "det",
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          ],
          "english": "The ministry deplored “attempts to involve Congress in such cases, because they constitute an interference in the sovereignty and judicial bodies of [other] countries”.",
          "ref": "2024 January 30, “بغداد ترد على تصريحات نائب أميركي بشأن رئيس مجلس القضاء العراقي”, in Alhurra, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2024:",
          "roman": "wataʔassafati l-wizāratu \"muḥāwalāti ʔiqḥāmi l-kūnḡrisi fī hākaḏā qaḍāyā, likawnihā tušakkilu tadaḵḵulan fī siyādati d-duwali wa-ʔanẓimatihā l-qaḍāʔiyyati\".",
          "text": "وَتَأَسَّفَتِ ٱلْوِزَارَةُ \"مُحاوَلَاتِ إِقْحَامِ ٱلْكُونْغْرِسِ فِي هٰكَذَا قَضايَا، لِكَوْنِهَا تُشَكِّلُ تَدَخُّلًا فِي سِيَادَةِ ٱلدُّوَلِ وَأَنْظِمَتِهَا ٱلْقَضَائِيَّةِ\".",
          "translation": "The ministry deplored “attempts to involve Congress in such cases, because they constitute an interference in the sovereignty and judicial bodies of [other] countries”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "such, such a"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "such",
          "such"
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        "(Modern Standard Arabic, proscribed) such, such a"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "prepositioned",
          "translation": "prepositioned",
          "word": "مِثْلُ هٰذَا"
        },
        {
          "english": "postpositioned",
          "translation": "postpositioned",
          "word": "كَهٰذَا"
        },
        {
          "word": "مِن هٰذَا القَبِيل"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "Modern",
        "Standard",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haː.ka.ðaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "هكذا"
}
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    "Arabic adverbs",
    "Arabic compound terms",
    "Arabic determiners",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "lang_code": "mt",
      "word": "hekkda"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hijazi Arabic",
      "lang_code": "acw",
      "roman": "kida",
      "word": "كِذا"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Moroccan Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ary",
      "roman": "hākda",
      "word": "هاكدا"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Moroccan Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ary",
      "roman": "hākka",
      "word": "هاكا"
    },
    {
      "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ajp",
      "roman": "hēk",
      "word": "هيك"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hakəza"
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          "lang_code": "uz",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "hokazo"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Classical Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "hākazā",
      "word": "هَٰکَذَا"
    }
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          "english": "I never thought you were like that.",
          "roman": "lam ʔakun ʔaẓunnuka hākaḏā",
          "text": "لَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّكَ هٰكَذَا",
          "translation": "I never thought you were like that.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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        "so, thus, this way, like this"
      ],
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          "thus",
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          "like",
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          "this",
          "this"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "كَذٰلِكَ"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/haː.ka.ðaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "هكذا"
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          "english": "The ministry deplored “attempts to involve Congress in such cases, because they constitute an interference in the sovereignty and judicial bodies of [other] countries”.",
          "ref": "2024 January 30, “بغداد ترد على تصريحات نائب أميركي بشأن رئيس مجلس القضاء العراقي”, in Alhurra, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2024:",
          "roman": "wataʔassafati l-wizāratu \"muḥāwalāti ʔiqḥāmi l-kūnḡrisi fī hākaḏā qaḍāyā, likawnihā tušakkilu tadaḵḵulan fī siyādati d-duwali wa-ʔanẓimatihā l-qaḍāʔiyyati\".",
          "text": "وَتَأَسَّفَتِ ٱلْوِزَارَةُ \"مُحاوَلَاتِ إِقْحَامِ ٱلْكُونْغْرِسِ فِي هٰكَذَا قَضايَا، لِكَوْنِهَا تُشَكِّلُ تَدَخُّلًا فِي سِيَادَةِ ٱلدُّوَلِ وَأَنْظِمَتِهَا ٱلْقَضَائِيَّةِ\".",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "such, such a"
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        "(Modern Standard Arabic, proscribed) such, such a"
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          "word": "مِثْلُ هٰذَا"
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          "english": "postpositioned",
          "translation": "postpositioned",
          "word": "كَهٰذَا"
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      "ipa": "/haː.ka.ðaː/"
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  ],
  "word": "هكذا"
}

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