वग़ैरह

See also: विग्रह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وغیره (wa-ğayra), from Arabic وَ غَيْرُ هُ (wa ḡayru hu, literally “and its other”). Compare Marathi वगैरे (vagaire).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɣɛː.ɾəɦ/, [ʋɐ.ɣɛː.ɾɛʱ], /ʋə.ɡɛː.ɾəɦ/, [ʋɐ.ɡɛː.ɾɛʱ]

Adverb

वग़ैरह • (vaġairah) (Urdu spelling وغیرہ)

1. et cetera, and so forth

   Synonym: इत्यादि (ityādi)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “वग़ैरह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.