لهجة

See also: لہجہ and لهجه

Arabic

Root
ل ه ج (l h j)
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lah.d͡ʒa/
  • (Northern Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lah.ɡa/
  • (Kuwaiti Gulf) IPA^(key): /ˈləh.d͡ʒə/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): [lah.d͡ʒa], [lah.ʒa]
  • (North Levantine) IPA^(key): /lah.ʒe/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /lah.ʒa/

Noun

لَهْجَة • (lahja) f (plural لَهَجَات (lahajāt))

1. dialect
2. manner of speaking
3. accent

Declension

Declension of noun لَهْجَة (lahja)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَهْجَة lahja	اللَّهْجَة al-lahja	لَهْجَة lahjat
Nominative	لَهْجَةٌ lahjatun	اللَّهْجَةُ al-lahjatu	لَهْجَةُ lahjatu
Accusative	لَهْجَةً lahjatan	اللَّهْجَةَ al-lahjata	لَهْجَةَ lahjata
Genitive	لَهْجَةٍ lahjatin	اللَّهْجَةِ al-lahjati	لَهْجَةِ lahjati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَهْجَتَيْن lahjatayn	اللَّهْجَتَيْن al-lahjatayn	لَهْجَتَيْ lahjatay
Nominative	لَهْجَتَانِ lahjatāni	اللَّهْجَتَانِ al-lahjatāni	لَهْجَتَا lahjatā
Accusative	لَهْجَتَيْنِ lahjatayni	اللَّهْجَتَيْنِ al-lahjatayni	لَهْجَتَيْ lahjatay
Genitive	لَهْجَتَيْنِ lahjatayni	اللَّهْجَتَيْنِ al-lahjatayni	لَهْجَتَيْ lahjatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَهَجَات lahajāt	اللَّهَجَات al-lahajāt	لَهَجَات lahajāt
Nominative	لَهَجَاتٌ lahajātun	اللَّهَجَاتُ al-lahajātu	لَهَجَاتُ lahajātu
Accusative	لَهَجَاتٍ lahajātin	اللَّهَجَاتِ al-lahajāti	لَهَجَاتِ lahajāti
Genitive	لَهَجَاتٍ lahajātin	اللَّهَجَاتِ al-lahajāti	لَهَجَاتِ lahajāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ləhcə
• → Hindi: लहजा (lahjā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لهجه (lehce)

  Turkish: lehçe

• → Pashto: لهجه (lahja)
• → Classical Persian: لَهْجَه (lahja)
  • Dari: لَهْجَه (lahja)
  • Iranian Persian: لَهْجِه (lahje)
  • Tajik: лаҳҷа (lahja)
• → Swahili: lahaja
• → Urdu: لَہْجَہ (lahja)
• → Uyghur: لەھجە (lehje)
• → Uzbek: lahja

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لهج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ه ج
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic لَهْجَة (lahja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lah.ʒe/, [ˈlah.ʒe]
• IPA^(key): /lah.ʒa/, [ˈlah.ʒa]

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Noun

لهجة • (lahje) f (plural لهجات (lahjāt))

1. dialect
2. tone (of voice)

See also

• لغة (luḡa, “language”)