غالبا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَالِبًا‎ (ḡāliban). By surface analysis, ‎ (ğâleb) +‎ ‎ (-an).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣɑːliˈban/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣɑːlɪˈban/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢɒːleˈbæn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɣɔliˈban/

Adverb

Iranian Persian	غالبا
Dari	غالبا
Tajik	ғолибан (ġoliban)

غالباً • (ğâleban)

mostly
often; very often
(archaic) probably
- c. 1520, Badr-ud-Dīn Hilālī, ‎ [Dīvān]:
  ‏چیست دامان سپهر امروز پرخون از شفق؟
  غالبا امشب ز درد عشق گردون می‌گریست‎
  čî-st dâmân-i sipihr imrôz purxûn az šafaq?
  ğâliban imšab zi dard-i išq gardûn mê-girîst
  What is it, the robe of heaven today bloody from the sunset?
  Probably, the firmament was weeping from the pain of love tonight.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (ğâliban), from Arabic غَالِبًا‎ (ḡāliban).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣɑː.lɪ.bən/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɣɑː.lɪ.bən/
Rhymes: -ən

Adverb

غالِباً • (ġāliban) (Hindi spelling ग़ालिबन)

probably, apparently, for the most part, mostly, chiefly

References

“غالبا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“غالبا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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