क़ाबिज़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• काबिज (kābij)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قابض (qabiz), from Arabic قَابِض (qābiḍ), from the active participle of قَبَضَ (qabaḍa, “to seize”), from the root ق ب ض (q-b-ḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qɑː.bɪz/, [qäː.bɪz], /kɑː.bɪd͡ʒ/, [käː.bɪd͡ʒ]

Adjective

क़ाबिज़ • (qābiz) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling قابض)

1. seizer; possessor; taker; occupant
   1. (law, revenue, specifically) seizer or possessor (of land or region)
2. possessing, seizing, occupying; seized or under possession
   • UN-News‎^[1]:

     ...यूक्रेन के क़ाबिज़ इलाक़ों में रूस द्वारा कराए गए तथाकथित चुनावों का...

     ...yūkren ke qābiz ilāqõ mẽ rūs dvārā karāe gae tathākthit cunāvõ kā...

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Derived terms

• काबिज़ करना (kābiz karnā)
• काबिज़ होना (kābiz honā)
• ग़ैर-काबिज़ (ġair-kābiz)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़ाबिज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press