حظي

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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

Verb

حَظِيَ (ḥaẓiya) I (non-past يَحْظَى (yaḥẓā), verbal noun حُظْوَة (ḥuẓwa) or حِظْوَة (ḥiẓwa))

  1. to enjoy, to be in the good graces of
  2. to acquire, to obtain, to attain
    • Louisa Alcott, Little Women, Chapter 1, Arabic translation "Dar wa Maktabat al-Hilal, Lebanon":
      لَا أَظُنُّ أَنَّ مِنَ الْعَدْل أَن يَحْظَى بَعْض اَلنَّاس بِأَشْيَاء رَائِعَة وَجَدِيدَة بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ لَا.
      lā ʔaẓunnu ʔanna mina l-ʕadl ʔan yaḥẓā baʕḍ an-nās bi-ʔašyāʔ rāʔiʕa 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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