واجب

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 وَاجِبُون (wājibūn), 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

Declension of adjective وَاجِب (wājib)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	وَاجِب wājib	الْوَاجِب al-wājib	وَاجِبَة wājiba	الْوَاجِبَة al-wājiba
nominative	وَاجِبٌ wājibun	الْوَاجِبُ al-wājibu	وَاجِبَةٌ wājibatun	الْوَاجِبَةُ al-wājibatu
accusative	وَاجِبًا wājiban	الْوَاجِبَ al-wājiba	وَاجِبَةً wājibatan	الْوَاجِبَةَ al-wājibata
genitive	وَاجِبٍ wājibin	الْوَاجِبِ al-wājibi	وَاجِبَةٍ wājibatin	الْوَاجِبَةِ al-wājibati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	وَاجِبَيْن wājibayn	الْوَاجِبَيْن al-wājibayn	وَاجِبَتَيْن wājibatayn	الْوَاجِبَتَيْن al-wājibatayn
nominative	وَاجِبَانِ wājibāni	الْوَاجِبَانِ al-wājibāni	وَاجِبَتَانِ wājibatāni	الْوَاجِبَتَانِ al-wājibatāni
accusative	وَاجِبَيْنِ wājibayni	الْوَاجِبَيْنِ al-wājibayni	وَاجِبَتَيْنِ wājibatayni	الْوَاجِبَتَيْنِ al-wājibatayni
genitive	وَاجِبَيْنِ wājibayni	الْوَاجِبَيْنِ al-wājibayni	وَاجِبَتَيْنِ wājibatayni	الْوَاجِبَتَيْنِ al-wājibatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	وَاجِبِين wājibīn	الْوَاجِبِين al-wājibīn	وَاجِبَات wājibāt	الْوَاجِبَات al-wājibāt
nominative	وَاجِبُونَ wājibūna	الْوَاجِبُونَ al-wājibūna	وَاجِبَاتٌ wājibātun	الْوَاجِبَاتُ al-wājibātu
accusative	وَاجِبِينَ wājibīna	الْوَاجِبِينَ al-wājibīna	وَاجِبَاتٍ wājibātin	الْوَاجِبَاتِ al-wājibāti
genitive	وَاجِبِينَ wājibīna	الْوَاجِبِينَ al-wājibīna	وَاجِبَاتٍ wājibātin	الْوَاجِبَاتِ al-wājibāti

Noun

وَاجِب • (wājib) m (plural وَاجِبَات (wājibāt))

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

Declension

Declension of noun وَاجِب (wājib)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَاجِب wājib	الْوَاجِب al-wājib	وَاجِب wājib
nominative	وَاجِبٌ wājibun	الْوَاجِبُ al-wājibu	وَاجِبُ wājibu
accusative	وَاجِبًا wājiban	الْوَاجِبَ al-wājiba	وَاجِبَ wājiba
genitive	وَاجِبٍ wājibin	الْوَاجِبِ al-wājibi	وَاجِبِ wājibi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَاجِبَيْن wājibayn	الْوَاجِبَيْن al-wājibayn	وَاجِبَيْ wājibay
nominative	وَاجِبَانِ wājibāni	الْوَاجِبَانِ al-wājibāni	وَاجِبَا wājibā
accusative	وَاجِبَيْنِ wājibayni	الْوَاجِبَيْنِ al-wājibayni	وَاجِبَيْ wājibay
genitive	وَاجِبَيْنِ wājibayni	الْوَاجِبَيْنِ al-wājibayni	وَاجِبَيْ wājibay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَاجِبَات wājibāt	الْوَاجِبَات al-wājibāt	وَاجِبَات wājibāt
nominative	وَاجِبَاتٌ wājibātun	الْوَاجِبَاتُ al-wājibātu	وَاجِبَاتُ wājibātu
accusative	وَاجِبَاتٍ wājibātin	الْوَاجِبَاتِ al-wājibāti	وَاجِبَاتِ wājibāti
genitive	وَاجِبَاتٍ wājibātin	الْوَاجِبَاتِ al-wājibāti	وَاجِبَاتِ wājibāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vacib
• → Bengali: ওয়াজিব (ōẇajibo)
• → Madurese: wâjib
• → Malay: wajib
  • > Indonesian: wajib (inherited)
  • → Tausug: wajib
  • → Yakan: wajib
• → Persian: واجب (vâjeb)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: वाजिब (vājib)

    Urdu: واجب (vājib)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਜਬ (vājab), ਵਾਜਬੀ (vājbī)

    Shahmukhi script: واجب (vājab, vājib), واجبی (vājbī)

• → Ottoman Turkish: واجب
  • → Turkish: vacip
• → Swahili: wajibu

Javanese

Arabicization

واجب (transliteration needed)

1. Arabicization of ꦮꦗꦶꦧ꧀

Malay

Adjective

واجب (comparative لبيه واجب, superlative ڤاليڠ واجب)

1. Jawi spelling of wajib.‎

Verb

واجب

1. Jawi spelling of wajib.‎

Persian

Etymology

From the Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /waː.ˈd͡ʒib/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d͡ʒɪ́b]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d͡ʒɪ́b]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.d͡ʒɪ́b]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.d͡ʒíb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.d͡ʒéb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.d͡ʒíb]

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

Adjective

واجب • (vâjeb)

1. necessary
2. essential
3. obligatory

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: वाजिब (vājib)

  Urdu: واجب (vājib)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਜਬ (vājab), ਵਾਜਬੀ (vājbī)

  Shahmukhi script: واجب (vājab, vājib), واجبی (vājbī)

Noun

واجب • (vâjeb)

1. necessity

See also

• فرض (farz)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ج ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Amman):

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Noun

واجب • (wājeb) m (plural واجبات (wājbāt))

1. duty, obligation
2. homework

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian واجب, from Arabic وَاجِب (wājib).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.d͡ʒɪb/

Adjective

واجِب • (vājib) (Hindi spelling वाजिब)

1. appropriate, proper, necessary

Further reading

• “واجب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “واجب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.