حظي

See also: خطي‎, حطي‎, خطئ‎, خطى‎, and حظى‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ظ و‎ (ḥ-ẓ-w). Per Wehr, also from the root ح ظ ي‎ (ḥ-ẓ-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ðˤi.ja/

Verb

حَظِيَ • (ḥaẓiya) I, non-past يَحْظَى‎‎ (yaḥẓā)

  1. to enjoy, to be in the good graces of (عندـ‎)
  2. to acquire, obtain, attain (بِـ‎ (bi-))
    • Louisa Alcott, Little Women, Chapter 1, Arabic translation "Dar wa Maktabat al-Hilal, Lebanon":
      ‏لَا أَظُنُّ أَنَّ مِنَ َلْعَدْل أَن يَحْظَى بَعْض اَلنَّاس بِأَشْيَاء رَائِعَة وَجَدِيدَة بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ لَا.‎‎
      lā ʾaẓunnu ʾan min al-ʿadl ʾan yaḥẓā baʿḍ an-nās bi-ʾašyāʾ rāʾiʿa wa-jadīda baynamā naḥnu lā.
      I don't think it's fair that some people have wonderful and new things while we don't.

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