क़रीबन
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian قَرِيبًا (qarīban), from Arabic قَرِيبًا (qarīban), indefinite accusative of قَرِيب (qarīb, “near, close”), from the root ق ر ب (q r b). By surface analysis, क़रीब (qarīb) + -अन (-an).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editक़रीबन • (qarīban) (Urdu spelling قریباً)
- nearly, almost, just about
- Synonyms: लगभग (lagbhag), क़रीब (qarīb), क़रीब-क़रीब (qarīb-qarīb), तक़रीबन (taqrīban)
- क़रीबन चार सौ लोग आए है मेरे मुहल्ले से।
- qarīban cār sau log āe hai mere muhalle se.
- Nearly four hundred people have come from my neighbourhood.