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) (masculine plural حَاجِبُون (ḥājibūn) or حَجَبَة (ḥajaba) or حُجَّاب (ḥujjāb), feminine plural حَاجِبَات (ḥājibāt))

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
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَاجِبِين‎; حَجَبَة‎; حُجَّاب ḥājibīn‎; ḥajaba‎; ḥujjāb	الْحَاجِبِين‎; الْحَجَبَة‎; الْحُجَّاب al-ḥājibīn‎; al-ḥajaba‎; al-ḥujjāb	حَاجِبَات ḥājibāt	الْحَاجِبَات al-ḥājibāt
Nominative	حَاجِبُونَ‎; حَجَبَةٌ‎; حُجَّابٌ ḥājibūna‎; ḥajabatun‎; ḥujjābun	الْحَاجِبُونَ‎; الْحَجَبَةُ‎; الْحُجَّابُ al-ḥājibūna‎; al-ḥajabatu‎; al-ḥujjābu	حَاجِبَاتٌ ḥājibātun	الْحَاجِبَاتُ al-ḥājibātu
Accusative	حَاجِبِينَ‎; حَجَبَةً‎; حُجَّابًا ḥājibīna‎; ḥajabatan‎; ḥujjāban	الْحَاجِبِينَ‎; الْحَجَبَةَ‎; الْحُجَّابَ al-ḥājibīna‎; al-ḥajabata‎; al-ḥujjāba	حَاجِبَاتٍ ḥājibātin	الْحَاجِبَاتِ al-ḥājibāti
Genitive	حَاجِبِينَ‎; حَجَبَةٍ‎; حُجَّابٍ ḥājibīna‎; ḥajabatin‎; ḥujjābin	الْحَاجِبِينَ‎; الْحَجَبَةِ‎; الْحُجَّابِ al-ḥājibīna‎; al-ḥajabati‎; al-ḥujjābi	حَاجِبَاتٍ ḥājibātin	الْحَاجِبَاتِ al-ḥājibāti

Noun

حَاجِب • (ḥājib) m (plural حَاجِبُون (ḥājibūn) or 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	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاجِبِين‎; حُجَّاب‎; حَجَبَة ḥājibīn‎; ḥujjāb‎; ḥajaba	الْحَاجِبِين‎; الْحُجَّاب‎; الْحَجَبَة al-ḥājibīn‎; al-ḥujjāb‎; al-ḥajaba	حَاجِبِي‎; حُجَّاب‎; حَجَبَة ḥājibī‎; ḥujjāb‎; ḥajabat
Nominative	حَاجِبُونَ‎; حُجَّابٌ‎; حَجَبَةٌ ḥājibūna‎; ḥujjābun‎; ḥajabatun	الْحَاجِبُونَ‎; الْحُجَّابُ‎; الْحَجَبَةُ al-ḥājibūna‎; al-ḥujjābu‎; al-ḥajabatu	حَاجِبُو‎; حُجَّابُ‎; حَجَبَةُ ḥājibū‎; ḥujjābu‎; ḥajabatu
Accusative	حَاجِبِينَ‎; حُجَّابًا‎; حَجَبَةً ḥājibīna‎; ḥujjāban‎; ḥajabatan	الْحَاجِبِينَ‎; الْحُجَّابَ‎; الْحَجَبَةَ al-ḥājibīna‎; al-ḥujjāba‎; al-ḥajabata	حَاجِبِي‎; حُجَّابَ‎; حَجَبَةَ ḥājibī‎; ḥujjāba‎; ḥajabata
Genitive	حَاجِبِينَ‎; حُجَّابٍ‎; حَجَبَةٍ ḥājibīna‎; ḥujjābin‎; ḥajabatin	الْحَاجِبِينَ‎; الْحُجَّابِ‎; الْحَجَبَةِ al-ḥājibīna‎; al-ḥujjābi‎; al-ḥajabati	حَاجِبِي‎; حُجَّابِ‎; حَجَبَةِ ḥājibī‎; ḥujjābi‎; ḥajabati

Descendants

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

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) 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

Descendants

• Maltese: ħaġeb
• Moroccan Arabic: حاجب (ḥājib)

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

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Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح ج ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَاجِب (ḥājib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.ʒib/

• Audio:

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Noun

حاجب • (ḥājib) m (plural حجبان (ḥajbān) or حجبان (ḥujbān))

1. (anatomy) eyebrow

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَاجِب (ḥājib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.ʒib/, [ˈħæː.ʒɪb]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

حاجب • (ḥājeb) m (plural حواجب (ḥawājeb))

1. eyebrow