Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hawaij

/həˈwaɪ(ə)dʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hawaij
IPA
/həˈwaɪ(ə)dʒ/
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Yemeni spice mixture

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوَائِج (ḥawāʔij, “necessities”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

hawayij (alternative) hawayej (alternative) hawaj (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce hawaij?
The recorded pronunciation is /həˈwaɪ(ə)dʒ/.
What does hawaij mean?
Yemeni spice mixture
Where does hawaij come from?
Borrowed from Arabic حَوَائِج (ḥawāʔij, “necessities”).

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