ग़ज़ब
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian غضب (ğazab), from Arabic غَضَب (ḡaḍab).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɣə.zəb/, [ɣɐ.zɐb], /ɡə.d͡ʒəb/, [ɡɐ.d͡ʒɐb], /ɡə.zəb/, [ɡɐ.zɐb], /ɡə.d͡ʒəb/, [ɡɐ.d͡ʒɐb], /ɣə.d͡ʒəb/, [ɣɐ.d͡ʒɐb], /ɡə.d͡ʒəb/, [ɡɐ.d͡ʒɐb]
- Rhymes: -əb
Noun
[edit]ग़ज़ब • (ġazab) m (Urdu spelling غضب)
- anger; rage; violence
- violence
- disaster; something disastrous
- excess, extreme
- 2017 October 24, “पीएम मोदी के लिए इतना ख़ास क्यों है जर्मनी? [What significance does Germany have to PM Modi?]”, in BBC Hindi[1]:
- जर्मनी के बारे में माना जाता है कि वहां के लोग ग़ज़ब के कार्यकुशल हैं.
- jarmanī ke bāre mẽ mānā jātā hai ki vahā̃ ke log ġazab ke kāryakuśal ha͠i.
- It is widely accepted that the people of Germany are excessively efficient.
- (informal) a wonder, sight; something splendid
- 2017 November 3, “'इत्तेफ़ाक़'... आखिर क़ातिल कौन? ['Ittifaq'... Who was it after all?]”, in iChowk[2]:
- इत्तेफ़ाक़ का बैक्ग्राउंड स्कोर बहुत अच्छा है और माइकल लूका की सिनेमेटोग्राफ़ी ग़ज़ब की है.
- ittefāq kā baikgrāuṇḍ skor bahut acchā hai aur māikal lūkā kī sinemeṭogrāfī ġazab kī hai.
- The background score of Ittifaq is great, and Michael Luka's cinematography is splendid [= of splendor].
Declension
[edit]Declension of ग़ज़ब (masc cons-stem)
Adjective
[edit]ग़ज़ब • (ġazab) (Urdu spelling غضب)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ग़ज़ब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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