حاجب

See also: حاجت

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of حَجَبَ (ḥajaba, “to conceal, to hide, to screen”), from the root ح ج ب (ḥ-j-b).

Adjective

حَاجِب • (ḥājib)

1. concealing, screening, protecting

Declension

Declension of adjective حَاجِب (ḥājib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَاجِب ḥājib	الْحَاجِب al-ḥājib	حَاجِبَة ḥājiba	الْحَاجِبَة al-ḥājiba
Nominative	حَاجِبٌ ḥājibun	الْحَاجِبُ al-ḥājibu	حَاجِبَةٌ ḥājibatun	الْحَاجِبَةُ al-ḥājibatu
Accusative	حَاجِبًا ḥājiban	الْحَاجِبَ al-ḥājiba	حَاجِبَةً ḥājibatan	الْحَاجِبَةَ al-ḥājibata
Genitive	حَاجِبٍ ḥājibin	الْحَاجِبِ al-ḥājibi	حَاجِبَةٍ ḥājibatin	الْحَاجِبَةِ al-ḥājibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَاجِبَيْن ḥājibayn	الْحَاجِبَيْن al-ḥājibayn	حَاجِبَتَيْن ḥājibatayn	الْحَاجِبَتَيْن al-ḥājibatayn
Nominative	حَاجِبَانِ ḥājibāni	الْحَاجِبَانِ al-ḥājibāni	حَاجِبَتَانِ ḥājibatāni	الْحَاجِبَتَانِ al-ḥājibatāni
Accusative	حَاجِبَيْنِ ḥājibayni	الْحَاجِبَيْنِ al-ḥājibayni	حَاجِبَتَيْنِ ḥājibatayni	الْحَاجِبَتَيْنِ al-ḥājibatayni
Genitive	حَاجِبَيْنِ ḥājibayni	الْحَاجِبَيْنِ al-ḥājibayni	حَاجِبَتَيْنِ ḥājibatayni	الْحَاجِبَتَيْنِ al-ḥājibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	حَاجِبَات ḥājibāt	الْحَاجِبَات al-ḥājibāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	حَاجِبَاتٌ ḥājibātun	الْحَاجِبَاتُ al-ḥājibātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	حَاجِبَاتٍ ḥājibātin	الْحَاجِبَاتِ al-ḥājibāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	حَاجِبَاتٍ ḥājibātin	الْحَاجِبَاتِ al-ḥājibāti

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun حَاجِب (ḥājib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاجِب ḥājib	الْحَاجِب al-ḥājib	حَاجِب ḥājib
Nominative	حَاجِبٌ ḥājibun	الْحَاجِبُ al-ḥājibu	حَاجِبُ ḥājibu
Accusative	حَاجِبًا ḥājiban	الْحَاجِبَ al-ḥājiba	حَاجِبَ ḥājiba
Genitive	حَاجِبٍ ḥājibin	الْحَاجِبِ al-ḥājibi	حَاجِبِ ḥājibi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاجِبَيْن ḥājibayn	الْحَاجِبَيْن al-ḥājibayn	حَاجِبَيْ ḥājibay
Nominative	حَاجِبَانِ ḥājibāni	الْحَاجِبَانِ al-ḥājibāni	حَاجِبَا ḥājibā
Accusative	حَاجِبَيْنِ ḥājibayni	الْحَاجِبَيْنِ al-ḥājibayni	حَاجِبَيْ ḥājibay
Genitive	حَاجِبَيْنِ ḥājibayni	الْحَاجِبَيْنِ al-ḥājibayni	حَاجِبَيْ ḥājibay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُجَّاب‎; حَجَبَة ḥujjāb‎; ḥajaba	الْحُجَّاب‎; الْحَجَبَة al-ḥujjāb‎; al-ḥajaba	حُجَّاب‎; حَجَبَة ḥujjāb‎; ḥajabat
Nominative	حُجَّابٌ‎; حَجَبَةٌ ḥujjābun‎; ḥajabatun	الْحُجَّابُ‎; الْحَجَبَةُ al-ḥujjābu‎; al-ḥajabatu	حُجَّابُ‎; حَجَبَةُ ḥujjābu‎; ḥajabatu
Accusative	حُجَّابًا‎; حَجَبَةً ḥujjāban‎; ḥajabatan	الْحُجَّابَ‎; الْحَجَبَةَ al-ḥujjāba‎; al-ḥajabata	حُجَّابَ‎; حَجَبَةَ ḥujjāba‎; ḥajabata
Genitive	حُجَّابٍ‎; حَجَبَةٍ ḥujjābin‎; ḥajabatin	الْحُجَّابِ‎; الْحَجَبَةِ al-ḥujjābi‎; al-ḥajabati	حُجَّابِ‎; حَجَبَةِ ḥujjābi‎; ḥajabati

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: հեճուպ (hečup), հէջուբ (hēǰub), հեճպ (hečp)

Noun

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

1. eyebrow

Declension

Declension of noun حَاجِب (ḥājib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاجِب ḥājib	الْحَاجِب al-ḥājib	حَاجِب ḥājib
Nominative	حَاجِبٌ ḥājibun	الْحَاجِبُ al-ḥājibu	حَاجِبُ ḥājibu
Accusative	حَاجِبًا ḥājiban	الْحَاجِبَ al-ḥājiba	حَاجِبَ ḥājiba
Genitive	حَاجِبٍ ḥājibin	الْحَاجِبِ al-ḥājibi	حَاجِبِ ḥājibi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاجِبَيْن ḥājibayn	الْحَاجِبَيْن al-ḥājibayn	حَاجِبَيْ ḥājibay
Nominative	حَاجِبَانِ ḥājibāni	الْحَاجِبَانِ al-ḥājibāni	حَاجِبَا ḥājibā
Accusative	حَاجِبَيْنِ ḥājibayni	الْحَاجِبَيْنِ al-ḥājibayni	حَاجِبَيْ ḥājibay
Genitive	حَاجِبَيْنِ ḥājibayni	الْحَاجِبَيْنِ al-ḥājibayni	حَاجِبَيْ ḥājibay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوَاجِب ḥawājib	الْحَوَاجِب al-ḥawājib	حَوَاجِب ḥawājib
Nominative	حَوَاجِبُ ḥawājibu	الْحَوَاجِبُ al-ḥawājibu	حَوَاجِبُ ḥawājibu
Accusative	حَوَاجِبَ ḥawājiba	الْحَوَاجِبَ al-ḥawājiba	حَوَاجِبَ ḥawājiba
Genitive	حَوَاجِبَ ḥawājiba	الْحَوَاجِبِ al-ḥawājibi	حَوَاجِبِ ḥawājibi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “حاجب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 345
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حاجب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], 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