عجیب

See also: عجيب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَجِيب (ʕajīb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.d͡ʒiːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d͡ʒiːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d͡ʒiːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d͡ʒiːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d͡ʒib̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d͡ʒiːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d͡ʒib]

Readings
Classical reading?	ajīḇ
Dari reading?	ajīb
Iranian reading?	ajib
Tajik reading?	ajib

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

Dari	عجیب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аҷиб

عجیب • ('ajib) (comparative عجیب‌تَر ('ajib-tar), superlative عجیب‌تَرین ('ajib-tarin))

1. strange
2. foreign
3. peculiar
4. weird

Synonyms

• عجیب و غریب ('ajib-o-ğarib)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: અજીબ (ajīb)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: अजीब (ajīb)

  Urdu: عَجِیب (ajīb)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਜੀਬ (ajīb)

  Shahmukhi script: عَجِیب (ʻajīb)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عجیب ('ajīb), from Arabic عَجِيب (ʕajīb). Compare Punjabi ਅਜੀਬ (ajīb) / عَجِیب (ʻajīb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d͡ʒiːb/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -iːb

Adjective

عَجِیب • (ajīb) (Hindi spelling अजीब)

1. strange
2. foreign
3. peculiar
4. weird

Synonyms

• عجب (ajab)

Related terms

• عَجِیب و غَرِیب ('ajīb o ġarīb)
• عَجُوبَہ ('ajūba)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عجيب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.