غیب
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɣajβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qejb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁäjb]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ğayb |
Dari reading? | ğayb |
Iranian reading? | ğeyb |
Tajik reading? | ġayb |
Noun edit
غیب • (ğeyb)
- (especially Islam) the unseen; the mysterious and invisible, known only to God and the prophets and imams
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez][1]:
- چه گویمت که به میخانه دوش مست و خراب
سروشِ عالمِغیبم چه مژدهها دادست- či gôyam-at ki ba mayxana dôš mast u xarâb
surôš-i âlim-i ğayb-am či muždahâ dâd ast - How shall I tell you, last night at the tavern, [while I was] drunk and ruined,
What good tidings an angel from the unseen world brought to me?
- či gôyam-at ki ba mayxana dôš mast u xarâb
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Adjective edit
غیب (ğeb)