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.

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

Declension of ग़रीब (masc cons-stem)

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

Declension of ग़रीब (fem cons-stem)