بغیر

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِغَيْرِ (bi-ḡayri).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɣɛːɾ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛːɾ

Adjective

بَغَیر • (baġair) (Hindi spelling बग़ैर)

1. lacking

   Synonym: بِنا (binā)

   اِجازَت کے بَغَیر

   ijāzat ke baġair

   without permission

   (literally, “lacking of permission”)

2. with the exception

   Synonyms: سِوا (sivā), عِلاوَہ ('ilāva)

   اُس کے بَغَیر

   us ke baġair

   except him/her

   (literally, “with the exception of him/her”)

Preposition

بَغَیر • (baġair) (Hindi spelling बग़ैर)

1. without

   Synonyms: بِلا (bilā), بِنا (binā)

   بَغَیر اِجازَت ― baġair ijāzat ― without permission

References

• “بغیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بغير”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.