حاجب

See also: حاجت

Arabic

Root
ح ج ب (ḥ-j-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of حَجَبَ (ḥajaba, to conceal, to hide, to screen).

Adjective

حَاجِب • (ḥājib) (masculine plural حَاجِبُون (ḥājibūn) or حَجَبَة (ḥajaba) or حُجَّاب (ḥujjāb), feminine plural حَاجِبَات (ḥājibāt))

  1. concealing, screening, protecting

Declension

Noun

حَاجِب • (ḥājib) m (plural حَاجِبُون (ḥājibūn) or حُجَّاب (ḥujjāb) or حَجَبَة (ḥajaba))

  1. doorman, gatekeeper
  2. chamberlain
  3. (Syria, military) orderly

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: hacib
  • Persian: حاجب
  • Ottoman Turkish: حاجب (hacib)
    • Turkish: hacip
  • Middle Armenian: հեճուպ (hečup), հէջուբ (hēǰub), հեճպ (hečp)

Noun

حَاجِب • (ḥājib) m (plural حَوَاجِب (ḥawājib))

  1. (anatomy) eyebrow

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حاجب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 345
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “حاجب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 516
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حاجب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 184

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح ج ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَاجِب (ḥājib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.ʒib/
  • (file)

Noun

حاجب • (ḥājib) m (plural حجبان (ḥajbān) or حجبان (ḥujbān))

  1. (anatomy) eyebrow

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَاجِب (ḥājib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.ʒib/, [ˈħæː.ʒɪb]
  • (file)

Noun

حاجب • (ḥājeb) m (plural حواجب (ḥawājeb))

  1. eyebrow
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