ख़राब
See also: खराब
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- खराब (kharāb) (nuqtaless)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian خراب (xarāb), from Arabic خَرَاب (ḵarāb). Compare Bengali খারাপ (kharap), Nepali खराब (kharāb), Punjabi ਖ਼ਰਾਬ (xarāb), Tulu ಖರಾಬ್ (kharābŭ).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ख़राब • (xarāb) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خراب)
- spoiled, ruined
- Synonym: चौपट (caupaṭ)
- सब खाना ख़राब हो गया। ― sab khānā xarāb ho gayā. ― All the food has spoiled.
- bad, evil
- Synonym: बुरा (burā)
- वह बहुत ख़राब आदमी है। ― vah bahut xarāb ādmī hai. ― He is a very bad man.
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़राब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ख़राब”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.