ऐब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عیب (ayb), from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɛːb/
• Rhymes: -ɛːb

Noun

ऐब • (aib) m (Urdu spelling عَیب)

1. fault, defect, blemish

   Synonyms: अवगुण (avguṇ), कमी (kamī), ख़राबी (xarābī), खोट (khoṭ), दुर्गुण (durguṇ), दोष (doṣ), नुक़्स (nuqs)

2. vice

   Synonyms: खोट (khoṭ), गुनाह (gunāh), पाप (pāp), बुराई (burāī)

Declension

Declension of ऐब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ऐब aib	ऐब aib
oblique	ऐब aib	ऐबों aibõ
vocative	ऐब aib	ऐबो aibo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ऐब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press