hajib

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Scrabble points: 17
Words With Friends: 19
Letters: 5

Definition of hajib

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(historical)An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially controlling access to the caliph, but later very powerful; a chamberlain.

“The hajib was always a man of consequence; being close to the caliph he was always in a position to give messages and ask favours and, most of all, he controlled access to his master.”
“By our period — the mid-ninth century — the office of hajib doubled with that of the head of the palace guard, which signifies, inter alia, that he was one of the Turkish amirs.”

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noun

(historical)An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially controlling access to the caliph, but later very powerful; a chamberlain.

“The hajib was always a man of consequence; being close to the caliph he was always in a position to give messages and ask favours and, most of all, he controlled access to his master.”
“By our period — the mid-ninth century — the office of hajib doubled with that of the head of the palace guard, which signifies, inter alia, that he was one of the Turkish amirs.”
(alt-of, alternative, nonstandard)Alternative form of hijab.

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Etymology

The court title derives from Arabic الحَاجِب (al-ḥājib, “chamberlain”). Use of the word to designate a headscarf derives from Arabic حَاجِب (ḥājib, “concealing, covering, eyebrow”), from حَجَبَ (ḥajaba, “to veil, to cover, to screen”) (whence also hijab).