وجيه

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و ج ه (w-j-h).

Adjective

وَجِيه (wajīh) (feminine وَجِيهَة (wajīha), masculine plural وُجَهَاء (wujahāʾ), elative أَوْجَه (ʾawjah))

  1. eminent, distinguished and highly respected
  2. handsome, sightly, pretty
  3. decorous, beseeming
  4. to be worn on both sides
  5. clear

Declension

وَجِيه (wajīh) (masculine plural وُجَهَاء (wujahāʾ), elative أَوْجَه (ʾawjah))

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), وجيه”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), وجيه”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

وَجِيه (wajīh) m (plural وُجَهَاء (wujahāʾ))

  1. prince, leader, person of quality

Declension

References

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