ग़ायब

Hindi

Etymology

From Classical Persian غایب (ğāyib), from Arabic غَائِب (ḡāʔib).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. lost, disappeared, gone

   Synonym: गुम (gum)

2. invisible

Derived terms

• ग़ायब होना (ġāyab honā)

References

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