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خَجُول
shy person /xaˈdʒuːl/
nounB2#3611 most common
Also: bashful person, timid person
Example sentences
هُوَ خَجُولٌ.
He is a shy person.
أُخْتِي خَجُولَةٌ جِدًّا.
My sister is a very shy person.
الطِّفْلُ الخَجُولُ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ أَمَامَ الغُرَبَاءِ.
The shy child doesn't speak in front of strangers.
كَانَتْ طَالِبَةً خَجُولَةً حَتَّى بَدَأَتْ تُشَارِكُ فِي النِّقَاشَاتِ الصَّفِّيَّةِ.
She was a shy student until she started taking part in class discussions.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ طَبِيعَتِهِ الخَجُولَةِ، تَمَكَّنَ مِنْ إِلْقَاءِ خِطَابٍ مُؤَثِّرٍ أَمَامَ الحُشُودِ.
Despite his shy nature, he managed to give a moving speech in front of the crowds.
لَطَالَمَا اعْتُبِرَ الأَشْخَاصُ الخُجُلُ أَقَلَّ كَفَاءَةً فِي القِيَادَةِ، وَهُوَ تَصَوُّرٌ خَاطِئٌ تَدْحَضُهُ دِرَاسَاتٌ حَدِيثَةٌ فِي عِلْمِ النَّفْسِ التَّنْظِيمِيِّ.
Shy people have long been seen as less capable leaders, a misconception that recent studies in organizational psychology disprove.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَجُولٌ | خُجُلٌ |
| Genitive | خَجُولٍ | خُجُلٍ |
| Accusative | خَجُولاً | خُجُلاً |
| Vocative | يَا خَجُولُ | يَا خُجُلُ |
Word family
خَجِلَto feel shy or embarrassed
خَجَلshyness, embarrassmentخَجْلانshy, abashed
أَخْجَلَto embarrass someone
خَجُولَةshy person (feminine form)
Etymology
خَجُول comes from the Semitic root خ-ج-ل (kh-j-l), which carries the sense of shame or embarrassment. The word itself is built on the فَعُول pattern, a template Arabic uses to mark an intensive or habitual quality. So خَجُول names someone who is characteristically, not just momentarily, shy.
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