क़रीबन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَرِيبًا (qarīban), from Arabic قَرِيبًا (qarīban), indefinite accusative of قَرِيب (qarīb, “near, close”), from the root ق ر ب (q r b). By surface analysis, क़रीब (qarīb) +‎ -अन (-an).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qə.ɾiː.bən/, [qɐ.ɾiː.bɐ̃n], /kə.ɾiː.bən/, [kɐ.ɾiː.bɐ̃n]

Adverb

क़रीबन • (qarīban) (Urdu spelling قریباً)

1. nearly, almost, just about

   Synonyms: लगभग (lagbhag), क़रीब (qarīb), क़रीब-क़रीब (qarīb-qarīb), तक़रीबन (taqrīban)

   क़रीबन चार सौ लोग आए है मेरे मुहल्ले से।

   qarīban cār sau log āe hai mere muhalle se.

   Nearly four hundred people have come from my neighbourhood.