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حَوْزَة
possession /ˈħaw.za/
nounB1#2243 most common
Also: domain, custody, control, religious seminary (Shia)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ الْوَثِيقَةُ فِي حَوْزَتِي.
This document is in my possession.
الْمَالُ فِي حَوْزَةِ الرَّجُلِ.
The money is in the man's possession.
أَصْبَحَتِ السَّيَّارَةُ فِي حَوْزَةِ الشُّرْطَةِ.
The car came into the custody of the police.
وَجَدَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ أَسْلِحَةً فِي حَوْزَةِ الْمُشْتَبَهِ بِهِ.
The police found weapons in the suspect's possession.
كُلُّ الْوَثَائِقِ الَّتِي فِي حَوْزَتِنَا تُؤَكِّدُ صِحَّةَ الرِّوَايَةِ.
All the documents in our possession confirm that the account is true.
دَرَسَ فِي الْحَوْزَةِ الْعِلْمِيَّةِ فِي النَّجَفِ سِنِينَ طَوِيلَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ مُجْتَهِدًا.
He studied at the religious seminary in Najaf for many years before he became a mujtahid.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَوْزَةٌ | حَوْزَاتٌ |
| Genitive | حَوْزَةٍ | حَوْزَاتٍ |
| Accusative | حَوْزَةً | حَوْزَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا حَوْزَةُ | يَا حَوْزَاتُ |
Word family
حَازَto possess, acquire
حِيَازَةpossession, tenure
حَائِزholder, possessor
حَيِّزspace, area, scope
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ḥ-w-z, meaning to gather, to hold, or to take possession. The noun names the thing one holds or the domain one controls. In modern Arabic it lives mostly in the fixed phrase "in one's possession" and as the name of the Shia seminary, al-ḥawza al-ʿilmiyya.
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