ग़ायब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (ğāyab), from Arabic غَائِب‎ (ḡāʔib).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɣɑː.jəb/, [ɣäː.jəb], /ɡɑː.jəb/, [ɡäː.jəb]
(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɣɑːjb/, [ɣäːjb], /ɡɑːjb/, [ɡäːjb]
Rhymes: -ɑːjəb, -əb

Adjective

ग़ायब or ग़ायब • (ġāyab or ġāyb) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling غائب‎)

lost, disappeared, gone
Synonym: गुम (gum)
invisible

Derived terms

ग़ायब होना (ġāyab honā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ग़ायब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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