Emotion and Mind
تعجب
/ ta'ajjob /
noun · surprise
Say itta-AJ-job
Meaning
معنی۱
Ta'ajjob is what an Iranian aunt performs at a wedding when she has not seen you in three years and you have grown a beard. It is also the standard register for newspaper editorials expressing polite outrage: jâ-ye ta'ajjob ast, "it is a place for astonishment."
In a sentence
مثالتعجب کردم
ta'ajjob kardam
I was surprised
جای تعجب نیست
jâ-ye ta'ajjob nist
It is not surprising
با تعجب نگاه کرد
bâ ta'ajjob negâh kard
She looked with astonishment
In its constellation
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تعجبta'ajjob
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