"ħaġa" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "حاجة",
        "t": "need, necessity"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic حاجة (ḥāja, “need, necessity”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "حاجَات",
        "t": "things"
      },
      "expansion": "حاجَات (ḥājāt, “things”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "حَوائِج",
        "t": "clothes"
      },
      "expansion": "حَوائِج (ḥawāʔij, “clothes”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic حاجة (ḥāja, “need, necessity”). The sense “thing” is present in many Arabic dialects, including all African ones. It originated as a generalization of “necessity” in the sense of “thing[s] needed for some purpose”. Some of those dialects make a distinction in the plural between حاجَات (ḥājāt, “things”) and حَوائِج (ḥawāʔij, “clothes”), but in Maltese the broken form is used for both senses.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ħwejjeġ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ħaġiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "ħwejjeġ",
        "pauc": "ħaġiet"
      },
      "expansion": "ħaġa f (plural ħwejjeġ, paucal ħaġiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Name something good you did.",
          "text": "Semmi xi ħaġa tajba li għamilt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thing; matter; event"
      ],
      "id": "en-ħaġa-mt-noun-eNZZ5GT1",
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈħaː.d͡ʒa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ħaġa"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "حاجة",
        "t": "need, necessity"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic حاجة (ḥāja, “need, necessity”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "حاجَات",
        "t": "things"
      },
      "expansion": "حاجَات (ḥājāt, “things”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "حَوائِج",
        "t": "clothes"
      },
      "expansion": "حَوائِج (ḥawāʔij, “clothes”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic حاجة (ḥāja, “need, necessity”). The sense “thing” is present in many Arabic dialects, including all African ones. It originated as a generalization of “necessity” in the sense of “thing[s] needed for some purpose”. Some of those dialects make a distinction in the plural between حاجَات (ḥājāt, “things”) and حَوائِج (ḥawāʔij, “clothes”), but in Maltese the broken form is used for both senses.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ħwejjeġ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ħaġiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "ħwejjeġ",
        "pauc": "ħaġiet"
      },
      "expansion": "ħaġa f (plural ħwejjeġ, paucal ħaġiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese 2-syllable words",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese feminine nouns",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese nouns",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Name something good you did.",
          "text": "Semmi xi ħaġa tajba li għamilt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thing; matter; event"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈħaː.d͡ʒa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ħaġa"
}