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خَجَل
embarrassment /xaˈdʒal/
nounB2#3166 most common
Also: shame, bashfulness, shyness
Example sentences
شَعَرَتْ بِالخَجَلِ.
She felt embarrassed.
كَانَ وَجْهُهُ أَحْمَرَ مِنَ الخَجَلِ.
His face was red from embarrassment.
غَطَّى الخَجَلُ وَجْهَهَا عِنْدَمَا أَخْطَأَتْ فِي الحَدِيثِ.
Embarrassment covered her face when she made a mistake while speaking.
لا دَاعِيَ لِلخَجَلِ مِنْ طَرْحِ الأَسْئِلَةِ فِي الصَّفِّ.
There is no need for embarrassment about asking questions in class.
انْتَابَهُ شُعُورٌ عَمِيقٌ بِالخَجَلِ بَعْدَ أَنِ اكْتَشَفَ خَطَأَهُ أَمَامَ الجَمِيعِ.
A deep feeling of embarrassment overcame him after he discovered his mistake in front of everyone.
يَظَلُّ الخَجَلُ سِمَةً مُلَازِمَةً لِشَخْصِيَّتِهِ مُنْذُ طُفُولَتِهِ، رَغْمَ مُحَاوَلَاتِهِ المُتَكَرِّرَةِ لِلتَّغَلُّبِ عَلَيْهِ.
Shyness has remained a fixed trait of his personality since childhood, despite his repeated attempts to overcome it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَجَلٌ | None |
| Genitive | خَجَلٍ | None |
| Accusative | خَجَلًا | None |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
خَجِلَto feel embarrassed or ashamed
خَجَّلَto embarrass or shame someone
خَجُولshy, bashful by natureخَجْلَانembarrassed, ashamed (in the moment)
Etymology
Khajal comes from the Semitic triliteral root kh-j-l, which centers on the idea of feeling ashamed or bashful. The word is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb khajila, meaning to become embarrassed. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European ancestor.
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