English → Arabic
shy in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ḫajūl
- Arabizi
5ajool- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Root
- خ ج ل
How to use it
“Shy” translates to خَجُول in Modern Standard Arabic. It is an adjective meaning a person feels nervous or reluctant to speak or act in social situations. It agrees with the noun in gender and number (e.g., خَجُولَة for feminine).
Example sentences
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هُوَ خَجُولٌ فِي الحَدِيثِ.
huwa ḫajūlun fī al-ḥadīthi.
He is shy in conversation.
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تَكُونُ بِنْتِي خَجُولَةً مَسَاءً.
takūnu bintī ḫajūlatan masāʾan.
My daughter becomes shy in the evening.
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الطُّلابُ خَجُولُونَ عِنْدَ الامْتِحَانِ.
al-ṭullābu ḫajūlūna ʿinda al-imtiḥāni.
The students are shy during the exam.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
I am not shy.
لست خجولا.
I'm a bit shy.
أنا خجول قليلاً.
The girls are shy.
الفتيات خجولات.
Sami was very shy.
كان سامي خجولا للغاية.
Tom was a bit shy.
كان توم خجِلا بعض الشيئ.
Sami is extremely shy.
سامي شديد الخجل.
It's different from being shy.
انها أمر مختلف عن كون المرء خجولاً.
She used to be a very shy girl.
كان من طبيعتها أنها فتاة خجولة جداً.
We must not shy away from our responsibilities.
ولا ينبغي لنا أن نتهرب من تحمل مسؤولياتنا.
Granted, my dreams are shy, because they're Canadian.
بكل تأكيد، احلامي خجولة، لأنها كندية.
Even if they did, they would shy away from forecasting.
وحتى إذا فعلوا ذلك فإنهم سوف يتجنبون التنبؤات.
Investors will not repeat that mistake: once bitten, twice shy.
ولن يكرر المستثمرون هذا الخطأ.
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