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هٰذا
this /ˈhaː.ðaː/
otherA1#3 most common
Also: this one, this is
Example sentences
هٰذا كِتاب.
This is a book.
مَن هٰذا الرَّجُل؟
Who is this man?
هٰذا الكِتابُ مُفيدٌ جِدًّا.
This book is very useful.
لَم أَسمَع بِهٰذا الخَبَرِ مِن قَبل.
I had not heard of this news before.
في مِثلِ هٰذا الظَّرفِ الدَّقيقِ عَلَينا أَن نَتَصَرَّفَ بِحِكمَة.
In such a delicate situation, we must act wisely.
لا يُمكِنُ تَفسيرُ هٰذا التَّناقُضِ إلّا في ضَوءِ سِياقِهِ التّاريخِيِّ.
This contradiction cannot be explained except in the light of its historical context.
Word family
هٰذِهِthis (feminine singular)
ذٰلِكَthat (masculine singular)تِلكَthat (feminine singular)
هٰؤُلاءِthese (plural)
أُولٰئِكَthose (plural)
Etymology
هٰذا is a compound demonstrative built from the deictic presentative particle هَا (hā, 'behold, lo') prefixed to the bare demonstrative base ذا (dhā, 'this'). The base ذا belongs to the common Semitic demonstrative/relative stem, while هَا adds an attention-drawing, pointing force. The dagger-alif spelling (هٰذا) preserves a long ā that the standard orthography omits.
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