ताज्जुब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تعجب (ta'ajjub), from Arabic تَعَجُّب (taʕajjub).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːd̪.d͡ʒʊb/, [t̪äːd̚.d͡ʒʊb]

Noun

ताज्जुब • (tājjub) m (Urdu spelling تَعَجُّب)

1. surprise, astonishment, wonder, amazement, admiration

   Synonyms: अचंभा (acambhā), आश्चर्य (āścarya), विस्मय (vismay), हैरत (hairat)

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ताज्जुब”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 285
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तअज्जुब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1990
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ताज्जुब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 447
• Platts, John T. (1884) “تعجب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 326
• “त'अज्जुब”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.