strange

6 occurrences across 2 Arabic/Persian roots

ع- ج- ب

(ʿ-j-b) — wonder; strange; wonder, marvel

“strange” accounts for 4 of 19 occurrences of this root (21%)

Forms seen

عجاب ×2 عجبست ×1 تعجّب ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

strange 21% wonder 5% thou dost marvel 5% surprised 5% strange, how very strange 5% so strangely 5% marvelously 5% marvelous 5% marvellous surely is 5% marvellous 5% marvel 5% how very strange 5% how strange 5% how marvelous 5% how great is our amazement 5% behold and wonder 5%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: عجاب: strange kitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: تعجّب: strange epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: عجبست: strange epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: عجاب: strange

ح- ي- ر

(ḥ-y-r) — perplexed; bewilderment; bewildered

“strange” accounts for 2 of 45 occurrences of this root (4%)

Forms seen

تحيّر ×1 حيرت ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

sore perplexed 9% perplexity 9% bewildered 9% strange 4% perplexed 4% marvel 4% bewilderment 4% bewildering 4% would know not 2% wonder and amazement 2% wonder 2% were sore perplexed 2% was bewildered 2% stand aghast 2% marvelleth 2% marvelled 2% marveleth 2% marveled 2% marvel at 2% is perplexed 2% how strange 2% he would be so perplexed 2% have perplexed 2% have been sore perplexed 2% hath been so bewildered 2% bewilderingly mysterious 2% be bewildered 2% astounded 2% astonished 2% are lost in bewilderment 2% afflicted 2%

Examples

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: تحيّر: strange the-hidden-wordsHW §76: حيرت: strange

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

sore perplexed (4) perplexity (4) bewildered (4) perplexed (2) marvel (2) bewilderment (2) bewildering (2)