عیب

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See also: غيب, عيب, and غ ي ب

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Noun

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عَیْب (ʿayb, vulg. ʿayp)

  1. a fault, flaw, defect
  2. any thing looked upon as shameful; a shame; a breach of manners

Adjective

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عَیْب (ʿayb, vulg. ʿayp)

  1. shameful, unmannerly

Descendants

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  • Turkish: ayıp

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ayb
Dari reading? ayb
Iranian reading? eyb
Tajik reading? ayb
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

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Dari عیب
Iranian Persian
Tajik айб

عیب ('eyb) (plural عیوب ('oyub))

  1. defect, fault, blemish
  2. vice
  3. disgrace, dishonor

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Noun

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عَیْب ('aybm (Hindi spelling ऐब)

  1. faultiness, unsoundness, imperfection, something amiss, fault, defect, blemish, infirmity, vice, crime, sin; disgrace, infamy

Further reading

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  • عیب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “عیب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • عیب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.