غیب

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic غَيْب‎ (ḡayb).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɣajb/

Noun

غیب • (ğeyb)

  1. (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]‎:
      ‏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?
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu غائب‎ (ğāyb).

Adjective

غیب (ğeb)

  1. not seen, unseen
  2. absent, missing
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