ग़रीबी

See also: ग़रीब

Hindi

Alternative forms

• गरीबी (garībī) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غریبی (ğarībī). By surface analysis, ग़रीब (ġarīb) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɣə.ɾiː.biː/, [ɣɐ.ɾiː.biː], /ɡə.ɾiː.biː/, [ɡɐ.ɾiː.biː]

Noun

ग़रीबी • (ġarībī) f (Urdu spelling غَرِیبی)

1. poverty (state of being poor)

   Synonyms: दरिद्रता (daridratā), निर्धनता (nirdhantā); see also Thesaurus:ग़रीबी

   विकासशील देशों में बहुत ग़रीबी होती है।

   vikāsśīl deśõ mẽ bahut ġarībī hotī hai.

   There is a lot of poverty in developing nations.

2. (rare) foreignness, strangeness (by extension) state of exile

Declension

Declension of ग़रीबी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	ग़रीबी ġarībī
oblique	ग़रीबी ġarībī
vocative	ग़रीबी ġarībī

References

• “ग़रीबी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ग़रीबी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 257
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गरीबी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1239