ग़ायब
Hindi
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Persian غایب (ğāyib), from Arabic غَائِب (ḡāʔib).
Pronunciation
edit- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɣɑː.jəb/, [ɣäː.jɐb], /ɡɑː.jəb/, [ɡäː.jɐb]
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɣɑːjb/, [ɣäːjb], /ɡɑːjb/, [ɡäːjb]
- Rhymes: -ɑːjəb, -əb
Adjective
editग़ायब • (ġāyab or ġāyb) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling غائب)
- lost, disappeared, gone
- Synonym: गुम (gum)
- invisible
Derived terms
edit- ग़ायब होना (ġāyab honā)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ग़ायब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press