ग़रीब

See also: ग़रीबी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• गरीब (garīb) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَرِیب (ğarīb), from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb, “foreign(er); strange, peculiar”). Compare Bengali গরীব (gorib), Gujarati ગરીબ (garīb), Marathi गरीब (garīb).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɣə.ɾiːb/, [ɣɐ.ɾiːb], /ɡə.ɾiːb/, [ɡɐ.ɾiːb]
• Rhymes: -əɾiːb, -iːb

Adjective

ग़रीब • (ġarīb) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling غریب)

1. poor, impoverished

   Synonyms: दरिद्र (daridra), निर्धन (nirdhan)

2. (obsolete) foreign, strange

   अजीब-ओ-ग़रीब ― ajīb-o-ġarīb ― weird and strange

Related terms

• ग़रीबी (ġarībī)

Noun

ग़रीब • (ġarīb) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling غریب)

1. poor person
2. (obsolete) foreigner, stranger

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of ग़रीब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ग़रीब ġarīb	ग़रीब ġarīb
oblique	ग़रीब ġarīb	ग़रीबों ġarībõ
vocative	ग़रीब ġarīb	ग़रीबो ġarībo

Declension of ग़रीब (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ग़रीब ġarīb	ग़रीबें ġarībẽ
oblique	ग़रीब ġarīb	ग़रीबों ġarībõ
vocative	ग़रीब ġarīb	ग़रीबो ġarībo