عجب

Arabic

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒi.ba/

Verb

عَجِبَ • (ʕajiba) I, non-past يَعْجَبُ‎ (yaʕjabu)

1. to wonder, to marvel, to be astonished, to be amazed

Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʕad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ba/

Verb

عَجَّبَ • (ʕajjaba) II, non-past يُعَجِّبُ‎ (yuʕajjibu)

1. to strike with wonder, to strike with astonishment, to surprise

Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /ʕud͡ʒb/

Noun

عُجْب • (ʕujb) m

1. pride, vanity, conceit

   Synonyms: كِبْر (kibr), زَهْو (zahw), غُرُور (ḡurūr)

Declension

Pronunciation 4

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒab/

Noun

عَجَب • (ʕajab) m (plural أَعْجَاب (ʔaʕjāb))

1. verbal noun of عَجِبَ (ʕajiba) (form I)
2. wonder, marvel, astonishment, amazement

Declension

Adjective

عَجَب • (ʕajab)

1. wonderful, marvelous
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 72:1:

     قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا

     qul ʔūḥiya ʔilayya ʔannahu stamaʕa nafarun mmina l-jinni faqālū ʔinnā samiʕnā qurʔānan ʕajaban

     Say, "It has been revealed to me that a team of the jinn listened and they said, 'We have indeed heard a wonderful Qurʾān.'"

Declension

Related terms

• أَعْجَبَ (ʔaʕjaba)
• أُعْجُوبَة (ʔuʕjūba)
• تَعَجَّب (taʕajjab)
• تَعْجِيب (taʕjīb)
• عُجَاب (ʕujāb)
• عَجَبًا (ʕajaban)
• عَجِيب (ʕajīb, adjective)
• عَجِيبَة (ʕajība)
• معجب

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əcəb
• → Bashkir: ғәжәп (ğəjəp, adjective/adverb)
• → Kazakh: ғажап (ğajap)
• →⇒ Middle Armenian: աճպարար (ačparar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: عجب (acep)
  • Turkish: acaba, acep (adverb)
  • → Middle Armenian: աճապ (ačap)
    • Armenian: աջաբ (aǰab), աճապ (ačap), աճափ (ačapʻ), ա̈ջա̈փ (äǰäpʻ)
• → Persian: عجب ('ajab)
  • → Urdu: عجب (ajab)
  • ⇒ Bengali: আজব (ajob)
• → Swahili: ajabu

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْجَبَ (ʔaʕjaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒab/

Verb

عَجَب • (ʕajab) I (non-past يِعْجِب (yiʕjib))

1. to like
2. to be astonished, to be amazed

Conjugation

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَجَب (ʕajab).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَجَب • ('ajab)

1. wonder, marvel, astonishment, amazement
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 1394:

     در چنین مستی مراعات ادب، خود نباشد ور بود باشد عجب

     dar čonin masti mora'at-e adab, xod na-bâšad v-ar bovad bâšad 'ajab.

     In such intoxication , the observance of due respect will not be there at all; or if it be, 'tis a wonder.

Interjection

عَجَب • ('ajab)

1. what a wonder, how strange, amazing
   • 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, منطق الطیر [The Conference of the Birds], volumes lines 733—737:

     ابتدای کار سیمرغ ای عجب، جلوه‌گر بگذشت بر چین نیم شب، در میان چین فتاد از وی پری، لاجرم پر شور شد هر کشوری.

     ebtedâ-ye kâr-e simorğ ey 'ajab, jelow-gar be-gozašt bar čin nim-šab, dar miyân-e čin fatâd az vey par-i, lâ-jaram por-šur šod har kešvar-i.

     The beginning of affair of the Simorgh, oh how wondrous! It passed in China in full splendor one midnight, and a feather fell from it in the middle of China. Consequently, each country became ardent .

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عُجْب (ʕujb).

Pronunciation

Noun

عُجب • ('ojb)

1. pride, vanity, conceit

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• أعجب (ʔaʕjab) (MSA-influenced form)

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَعْجَبَ (ʔaʕjaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ʒab/, ,

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Verb

عجب • (ʕajab) I (present بعجب (biʕjeb), active participle عاجب (ʕājeb))

1. to amaze, to impress
2. (by extension, transitive) to be pleasing

   Synonym: جنّن (jannan)

   عجبتني كتير اغنيتها.

   ʕajbatni ktīr oḡnyetha.

   I really liked her song.

   (literally, “Her song was very pleasing to me.”)

   مش عاجبهم الشغل معها.

   miš ʕājebhom iš-šoḡol maʕha.

   They don't like working with her.

   (literally, “Work with her is not pleasing to them.”)

Usage notes

• Pragmatically, this verb means "to like", with the agent grammatically expressed as the object of pleasure; this construction is analogous to the Spanish verb "gustar".

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَجَّبَ (ʕajjaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaʒ.ʒab/, ,

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Verb

عجّب • (ʕajjab) II (present بعجّب (biʕajjeb))

1. to amaze, to surprise, to astonish

Conjugation