اغلب

See also: أغلب

Arabic

Verb

اغلب (form I)

1. اِغْلِبْ (iḡlib) /iɣ.lib/: second-person masculine singular imperative of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
2. اِغْلَبْ (iḡlab) /iɣ.lab/: second-person masculine singular imperative of غَلِبَ (ḡaliba)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaɣ.ˈlaβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɣ.lǽb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɣ.lǽb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɣ.lǽb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɣ.lǽb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɢ.lǽb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʁ.lǽb]

Readings
Classical reading?	ağlaḇ
Dari reading?	ağlab
Iranian reading?	ağlab
Tajik reading?	aġlab

Adverb

اَغلَب • (ağlab)

1. often
   • 2019 December 18, “کشور هزار جزیره و مزه‌های استوایی”, in isna.ir‎^[1], Iranian Students' News Agency:

     این غذا اغلب به همراه سبزیجات و انواع گوشت مانند مرغ، میگو و ... تهیه می‌شود.

     in ğazâ ağlab be hamrâh-e sabzijât va anvâ'-e gušt mânand-e morğ, meygu... tahiye mi-šavad.

     This food is often prepared to the accompaniment of vegetables and types of meat such as chicken, shrimp, etc.

2. mostly, most of the time
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 251:

     آدمی خوارند اغلب مردمان / از سلام علیک‌شان کم جو امان

     âdami-xâr-and ağlab mardomân / az salâm-'alleyk-ešân kam ju amân

     Most people are man-eaters: put no trust in their saying, "Peace to you."

Noun

اَغلَب • (ağlab)

1. most (of a group)

   Synonym: اکثر (aksar)

   اغلب مردم ― ağlab-e mardom ― most people