واجب

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ج ب (w j b)
11 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb وَجَبَ (wajaba, to be necessary).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

وَاجِب (wājib) (feminine وَاجِبَة (wājiba), masculine plural وَاجِبُونَ (wājibūna), feminine plural وَاجِبَات (wājibāt), elative أَوْجَب (ʔawjab))

  1. necessary, indispensable, unavoidable, essential, inevitable, inescapable, requisite
  2. binding, obligatory, incumbent, imperative
  3. proper, adequate, fair

Declension

Noun

وَاجِب (wājibm (plural وَاجِبَات (wājibāt))

  1. duty, obligation
  2. requirement, necessity, exigency
  3. incumbency
  4. task, assignment
  5. homework

Declension

Descendants

Javanese

Arabicization

واجب

  1. Arabicization of ꦮꦗꦶꦧ꧀

Malay

Adjective

واجب

  1. Jawi spelling of wajib‎.

Verb

واجب

  1. Jawi spelling of wajib‎.

Persian

Etymology

From the Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? wājiḇ
Dari reading? wājib
Iranian reading? vâjeb
Tajik reading? vojib

Adjective

واجب (vâjeb)

  1. necessary
  2. essential
  3. obligatory

Descendants

Noun

واجب (vâjeb)

  1. necessity

See also

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ج ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).

Pronunciation

Noun

واجب (wājebm (plural واجبات (wājbāt))

  1. duty, obligation
  2. homework