ख़बीस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خبیث (xabīs).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xə.biːs/, [xɐ.biːs], /kʰə.biːs/, [kʰɐ.biːs]

Adjective

ख़बीस • (xabīs) (Urdu spelling خَبِیث)

1. bad, wicked
2. foul

Noun

ख़बीस • (xabīs) m (Urdu spelling خَبِیث)

1. wretch; villain; miser
2. an evil spirit

Declension

Declension of ख़बीस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़बीस xabīs	ख़बीस xabīs
oblique	ख़बीस xabīs	ख़बीसों xabīsõ
vocative	ख़बीस xabīs	ख़बीसो xabīso

References

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