واجب

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Arabic

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Etymology

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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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  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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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

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Noun

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وَاجِب (wājibm (plural وَاجِبَات (wājibāt))

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

Declension

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Descendants

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Javanese

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Arabicization

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واجب

  1. Arabicization of ꦮꦗꦶꦧ꧀

Malay

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Adjective

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واجب

  1. Jawi spelling of wajib‎.

Verb

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واجب

  1. Jawi spelling of wajib‎.

Persian

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Etymology

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From the Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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واجب (vâjeb)

  1. necessary
  2. essential
  3. obligatory

Descendants

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Noun

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واجب (vâjeb)

  1. necessity

See also

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
و ج ب
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /waː.ʒib/, [ˈwæː.ʒɪb], [ˈwæː.d͡ʒɪb], [-aː-]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

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واجب (wājebm (plural واجبات (wājbāt))

  1. duty, obligation
  2. homework