different between chamberlain vs hajib

English

Etymology

From Middle English chamberlein, chaumberlein, chaumberleyn, from Anglo-Norman chamberlenc, Old French chamberlayn, chamberlenc (“chamberlain”), from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”), equivalent to *kamer (“chamber”) + *-ling (“-ling”). Cognate with Old High German chamarling (“chamberlain”). More at chamber, -ling.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??e?mb?l?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??e?mb?l?n/
• Hyphenation: cham?ber?lain

Noun

chamberlain (plural chamberlains)

1. A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
2. A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
3. (obsolete) An upper servant of an inn.

Derived terms

• archchamberlain
• chamberlainship
• underchamberlain

Translations

English

Etymology

The court title derives from Arabic ????????? (al-??jib, “chamberlain”).

Use of the word to designate a headscarf derives from Arabic ??????? (??jib, “concealing, covering, eyebrow”), from ??????? (?ajaba, “to veil, to cover, to screen”) (whence also hijab).

Noun

hajib (plural hajibs)

1. (historical) An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially controlling access to the caliph, but later very powerful; a chamberlain.
   • 2008 (1955), Emile Tyan, X: Judicial Organization, Majid Khadduri, Herbert J. Liebesny (editors), Law in the Middle East, Volume 1: Origin and Development of Islamic Law, page 272:

     In the Mamliik empire, it is certain that the h?jib possessed judicial competence. […] In a first phase, the personality of the h?jib does not yet stand out from his administrative character and, naturally, his competence is still restricted to the surroundings to which he belongs. The h?jib is still the minister entrusted with the settlement of suits filed against the am?rs and the soldiers, and likewise litigations between soldiers, and especially disputes arising over the endowments and the fiefs which are granted to members of the army.

2. (nonstandard) Alternative form of hijab

Translations

See also

• hijab

Anagrams

• bhaji, hijab, hij?b