پازیب

Urdu

Alternative forms

• پا زیب (pā zeb)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پا زیب (pāzīb, pāzeb, literally “foot adornment”). First attested in c. 1713.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑː.zeːb/
• Rhymes: -eːb
• Hyphenation: پا‧زیب

Noun

پازیب • (pāzeb) f (Hindi spelling पाज़ेब)

1. (jewelry) anklet, an ornament worn on the feet or ankle

   Synonym: پایل (pāyal)

   • 1976, “Is Reshmi Paazzeb Ki Jhankar”, in Sahir Ludhianvi (lyrics), Madan Mohan (music), Laila Majnu, performed by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi:

     اس ریشمی پازیب کی جھنکار کے صدقے
     جس نے یہ پہنائی ہے اس دلدار کے صدقے

     is reśmī pāzeb kī jhaṅkār ke sadqe
     jis ne ye pahnāī hai us dildār ke sadqe

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “پازیب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پازیب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “پازیب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.