See also: عجيب

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic عَجِيب (ʕajīb).

Pronunciation edit

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Readings
Classical reading? ajīḇ
Dari reading? ajīb
Iranian reading? ajib
Tajik reading? ajib

Adjective edit

Dari عجیب
Iranian Persian
Tajik аҷиб

عجیب ('ajib) (comparative عجیب‌تَر ('ajib-tar), superlative عجیب‌تَرین ('ajib-tarin))

  1. strange
  2. foreign
  3. peculiar
  4. weird

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Gujarati: અજીબ (ajīb)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: अजीब (ajīb)
    Urdu: عَجِیب (ajīb)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਜੀਬ (ajīb)
    Shahmukhi script: عَجِیب (ʻajīb)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian عجیب ('ajīb), from Arabic عَجِيب (ʕajīb). Compare Punjabi ਅਜੀਬ (ajīb) / عَجِیب (ʻajīb).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

عَجِیب (ajīb) (Hindi spelling अजीब)

  1. strange
  2. foreign
  3. peculiar
  4. weird

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “عجيب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.