Arabic edit

Root
ج و ب (j-w-b)

Etymology edit

Derived from the passive participle of اِسْتَجَابَ (istajāba, to answer, to hear (request, prayer, etc)).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُسْتَجَاب (mustajāb) (feminine مُسْتَجَابَة (mustajāba), masculine plural مُسْتَجَابُونَ (mustajābūna), feminine plural مُسْتَجَابَات (mustajābāt))

  1. answered, accepted (prayer)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: müstəcab
  • Ottoman Turkish: مستجاب (müstecab)
  • Uzbek: mustajob

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مُسْتَجَاب (mustajāb), passive participle of اِسْتَجَابَ (istajāba, to hear, answer, grant).

Adjective edit

مستجاب (müstecab)

  1. answered
  2. accepted; acceptable

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مستجاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1160
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müstecap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN