क़रीबन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرِيبًا‏‎ (qarīban), indefinite accusative of قَرِيب‎ (qarīb, “near, close”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kə.ɾiː.bən/, /qə.ɾiː.bən/

Adverb

क़रीबन • (qarīban)

  1. nearly, almost, just about
    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.
    Synonyms: लगभग (lagbhag), क़रीब (qarīb), क़रीब-क़रीब (qarīb-qarīb), तक़रीबन (taqrīban)
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