different between hajib vs wajib

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (w?jib).

Noun

wajib (plural wajibs)

1. (Islam) A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.

Adjective

wajib (not comparable)

1. (Islam) A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
   • 2004, Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi, Andrew Rippin, Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature, Routledge (?ISBN), page 169:

     Further, that bounties are wajib, so revealed obligations are wajib. These cannot be known except through a prophet. So the existence of prophets is wajib, for that without which a binding duty (wajib) cannot be completed is itself wajib.

Synonyms

• fard

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay wajib, from Classical Malay wajib, from Arabic ??????? (w?jib).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?wad???b/
• (common) IPA^(key): /?wad???p/
• Hyphenation: wa?jib

Verb

wajib

1. oblige.

   Synonym: harus

2. (law) shall

Affixed terms

Further reading

• “wajib” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Tausug

Adjective

wajib

1. obligatory, compulsory

Yakan

Adjective

wajib

1. good, right
2. obligatory