tahajia

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Meaning

The way the words of a language are written with letters, and the rules that govern it.

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N class noun, the plural is also tahajia: makosa ya tahajia, spelling mistakes; tahajia sanifu, standard spelling. A school and linguistics word from Arabic.

Examples

• Mwalimu alisahihisha makosa ya tahajia kwenye insha.The teacher corrected the spelling mistakes in the essay.
• Kiswahili kina tahajia rahisi kujifunza.Swahili has a spelling that is easy to learn.
• Tahajia ya neno hili imebadilika kwa miaka.The spelling of this word has changed over the years.

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