hija
التعريفات والمعاني
== Maltese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
hi
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈiː.ja/
Rhymes: -iːja
=== Pronoun ===
hija
she (third-person feminine singular subject pronoun)
==== Inflection ====
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish fija, from Latin fīlia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈixa/ [ˈi.xa]
Rhymes: -ixa
Syllabification: hi‧ja
=== Noun ===
hija f (plural hijas, masculine hijo, masculine plural hijos)
daughter; female equivalent of hijo
==== Hyponyms ====
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==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Tagalog: iha
=== Further reading ===
“hija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَّة (ḥijja).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
hija class IX (plural hija class X)
pilgrimage
==== Related terms ====
-hiji (“to go on a pilgrimage”)