محجوب

Arabic

Root
ح ج ب (ḥ-j-b)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb حَجَبَ (ḥajaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maħ.d͡ʒuːb/

Adjective

مَحْجُوب • (maḥjūb)

1. passive participle of حَجَبَ (ḥajaba).

   concealed, hidden

Declension

Declension of adjective مَحْجُوب (maḥjūb)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَحْجُوب maḥjūb	الْمَحْجُوب al-maḥjūb	مَحْجُوبَة maḥjūba	الْمَحْجُوبَة al-maḥjūba
Nominative	مَحْجُوبٌ maḥjūbun	الْمَحْجُوبُ al-maḥjūbu	مَحْجُوبَةٌ maḥjūbatun	الْمَحْجُوبَةُ al-maḥjūbatu
Accusative	مَحْجُوبًا maḥjūban	الْمَحْجُوبَ al-maḥjūba	مَحْجُوبَةً maḥjūbatan	الْمَحْجُوبَةَ al-maḥjūbata
Genitive	مَحْجُوبٍ maḥjūbin	الْمَحْجُوبِ al-maḥjūbi	مَحْجُوبَةٍ maḥjūbatin	الْمَحْجُوبَةِ al-maḥjūbati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَحْجُوبَيْن maḥjūbayn	الْمَحْجُوبَيْن al-maḥjūbayn	مَحْجُوبَتَيْن maḥjūbatayn	الْمَحْجُوبَتَيْن al-maḥjūbatayn
Nominative	مَحْجُوبَانِ maḥjūbāni	الْمَحْجُوبَانِ al-maḥjūbāni	مَحْجُوبَتَانِ maḥjūbatāni	الْمَحْجُوبَتَانِ al-maḥjūbatāni
Accusative	مَحْجُوبَيْنِ maḥjūbayni	الْمَحْجُوبَيْنِ al-maḥjūbayni	مَحْجُوبَتَيْنِ maḥjūbatayni	الْمَحْجُوبَتَيْنِ al-maḥjūbatayni
Genitive	مَحْجُوبَيْنِ maḥjūbayni	الْمَحْجُوبَيْنِ al-maḥjūbayni	مَحْجُوبَتَيْنِ maḥjūbatayni	الْمَحْجُوبَتَيْنِ al-maḥjūbatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مَحْجُوبَات maḥjūbāt	الْمَحْجُوبَات al-maḥjūbāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مَحْجُوبَاتٌ maḥjūbātun	الْمَحْجُوبَاتُ al-maḥjūbātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مَحْجُوبَاتٍ maḥjūbātin	الْمَحْجُوبَاتِ al-maḥjūbāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مَحْجُوبَاتٍ maḥjūbātin	الْمَحْجُوبَاتِ al-maḥjūbāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məhcub
• → Ottoman Turkish: محجوب (mahcub)
  • → Turkish: mahcup
  • →⇒ Armenian: Մահջուբյան (Mahǰubyan)
• → Persian: محجوب
  • → Urdu: مَحجُوب (mahjūb)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْجُوب (maḥjūb, “veiled; conceiled, hidden”), from the passive participle of the verb حَجَبَ (ḥajaba, “to veil, hide, conceal”).

Adjective

محجوب • (mahcub)

1. veiled, curtained, covered or conceiled by a veil or curtain

   Synonyms: اورتیلو (örtülü), پرده‌لو (perdeli)

2. ashamed, embarrassed, having a feeling of shameful discomfort

   Synonym: اوتانمش (utanmış)

3. shy, bashful, reserved, disinclined to familiar approach

   Synonym: اوتانغاچ (utangaç)

Derived terms

• محجوب اولمق (mahcub olmak, “to feel ashamed”)
• محجوب ایتمك (mahcub etmek, “to make one feel ashamed”)
• محجوبلق (mahcubluk, “shame; bashfulness”)
• محجوبیت (mahcubiyet, “shame; bashfulness”)

 

Descendants

• → Turkish: mahcup
• →⇒ Armenian: Մահջուբյան (Mahǰubyan)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahcup”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3014
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mahcûb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 675
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محجوب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1127
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Velatus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1723
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “محجوب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4434
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahcup”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محجوب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1760