Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic صَلِيبِيّ (ṣalībiyy, crusader).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

صَلِیبی (salībīm (Hindi spelling सलीबी)

  1. (derogatory, slur) Western imperialist, Euro-American invader
  2. (historical) crusader
  3. Christian

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • صلیبی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “صلیبی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “صلیبی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • صلیبی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.