صلیبی

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic صَلِيبِيّ (ṣalībiyy, “crusader”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.liː.biː/

Noun

صَلِیبی • (salībī) m (Hindi spelling सलीबी)

1. (derogatory, slur) Western imperialist, Euro-American invader
2. (historical) crusader
3. Christian

Derived terms

• مَسِیح بے صَلِیب (masīh-e-be-salīb, “Karl Marx”, literally “messiah without a cross”)

References

• “صلیبی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “صلیبی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “صلیبی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “صلیبی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.