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عجیب

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَجِيب (ʕajīb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ajīḇ
Dari reading? ajīb
Iranian reading? ajib
Tajik reading? ajib
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Adjective

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Dari عجیب
Iranian Persian
Tajik аҷиб

عجیب ('ajib) (comparative عجیب‌تَر ('ajib-tar), superlative عجیب‌تَرین ('ajib-tarin))

  1. strange
  2. foreign
  3. peculiar
  4. weird

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Gujarati: અજીબ (ajīb)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: अजीब (ajīb)
    Urdu: عَجِیب (ajīb)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਜੀਬ (ajīb)
    Shahmukhi script: عَجِیب (ʻajīb)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian عجیب ('ajīb), from Arabic عَجِيب (ʕajīb). Compare Punjabi ਅਜੀਬ (ajīb) / عَجِیب (ʻajīb).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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عَجِیب (ajīb) (Hindi spelling अजीब)

  1. strange
  2. foreign
  3. peculiar
  4. weird

Synonyms

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References

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  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عجيب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.