عجب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ج ب‎ (ʕ-j-b).

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
عُجْب

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /ʕud͡ʒb/

Noun

عُجْب • (ʕujb) m

  1. pride, vanity, conceit
Declension
عَجَب

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 [to the Qurʾān] and they said, 'We have indeed heard a wonderful Qurʾān.'"
Declension
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: əcəb
  • → Bashkir: ғәжәп (ğäjäp, 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 (ačapʿ), ա̈ջա̈փ (äǰäpʿ)
  • → Persian: عجب‎ ('ajab)
  • → Swahili: ajabu

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَجَب‎ (ʕajab).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʔaˈd͡ʒab/

Noun

عَجَب • ('ajab)

  1. wonder, marvel, astonishment, amazement
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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 [mystical] intoxication [as his], the observance of due respect [to the letter of the Qur'an] 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], volume 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 [this] 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 [to see the feather].

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عُجْب‎ (ʕujb).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʔud͡ʒb/

Noun

عُجب • ('ojb)

  1. pride, vanity, conceit

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ج ب‎

Alternative forms

  • أعجب‎ (ʔaʕjab) (MSA-influenced form)

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَعْجَبَ‎ (ʔaʕjaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ʒab/, [ˈʕa.ʒab], [ˈʕa.d͡ʒab]
  • (file)

Verb

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

  1. to amaze, to impress
  2. (by extension, transitive) to be pleasing
    ‏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.”)
    Synonym: جنّن‎ (jannan)
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
    Conjugation of عجب (ʕajab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عجبت (ʕajabt) عجبت (ʕajabt) عجب (ʕajab) عجبنا (ʕajabna) عجبتو (ʕajabtu) عجبو (ʕajabu)
f عجبتي (ʕajabti) عجبت (ʕajbat)
present m بعجب (baʕjib) بتعجب (btiʕjib) بعجب (biʕjib) منعجب (mniʕjib) بتعجبو (btiʕjibu) بعجبو (biʕjibu)
f بتعجبي (btiʕjibi) بتعجب (btiʕjib)
subjunctive m أعجب (ʔaʕjib) تعجب (tiʕjib) يعجب (yiʕjib) نعجب (niʕjib) تعجبو (tiʕjibu) يعجبو (yiʕjibu)
f تعجبي (tiʕjibi) تعجب (tiʕjib)
imperative m اعجب (iʕjib) اعجبو (iʕjibu)
f اعجبي (iʕjibi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَجَّبَ‎ (ʕajjaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaʒ.ʒab/, [ˈʕaʒ.ʒab], [ˈʕad.d͡ʒab]
  • (file)

Verb

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

  1. to amaze, to surprise, to astonish
Conjugation
    Conjugation of عجّب (ʕajjab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عجّبت (ʕajjabt) عجّبت (ʕajjabt) عجّب (ʕajjab) عجّبنا (ʕajjabna) عجّبتو (ʕajjabtu) عجّبو (ʕajjabu)
f عجّبتي (ʕajjabti) عجّبت (ʕajjabat)
present m بعجّب (baʕajjeb) بتعجّب (bitʕajjeb) بعجّب (biʕajjeb) منعجّب (minʕajjeb) بتعجّبو (bitʕajjbu) بعجّبو (biʕajjbu)
f بتعجّبي (bitʕajjbi) بتعجّب (bitʕajjeb)
subjunctive m اعجّب (aʕajjeb) تعجّب (tʕajjeb) يعجّب (yʕajjeb) نعجّب (nʕajjeb) تعجّبو (tʕajjbu) يعجّبو (yʕajjbu)
f تعجّبي (tʕajjbi) تعجّب (tʕajjeb)
imperative m عجّب (ʕajjeb) عجّبو (ʕajjbu)
f عجّبي (ʕajjbi)
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