See also: जब

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian جیب (jēb), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb, pocket; opening in a garment). Compare Assamese জেপ (zep), Bengali জেব (jeb), Punjabi ਜੇਬ (jeb).

The word used to only refer to shirt pockets in Arabic, but as pockets have shifted to the lower body the Hindi terms has come to include those.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeːb/

Noun edit

जेब (jebf (Urdu spelling جیب)

  1. pocket

Declension edit