ख़राब

See also: खराब

Hindi

Alternative forms

• खराब (kharāb) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خراب (xarāb), from Arabic خَرَاب (ḵarāb). Compare Bengali খারাব (kharab), Nepali खराब (kharāb), Punjabi ਖ਼ਰਾਬ (xarāb), Tulu ಖರಾಬ್ (kharābŭ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xə.ɾɑːb/, [xɐ.ɾäːb], /kʰə.ɾɑːb/, [kʰɐ.ɾäːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Adjective

ख़राब • (xarāb) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خراب)

1. spoiled, ruined

   Synonym: चौपट (caupaṭ)

   सब खाना ख़राब हो गया। ― sab khānā xarāb ho gayā. ― All the food has spoiled.

2. bad, evil

   Synonym: बुरा (burā)

   वह बहुत ख़राब आदमी है। ― vah bahut xarāb ādmī hai. ― He is a very bad man.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़राब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ख़राब”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.