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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَالِبًا (ḡāliban). By surface analysis, غالب (ğâleb) + ـاً (-an).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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ğāliḇan
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| Dari reading?
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ğāliban
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| Iranian reading?
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ğâleban
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| Tajik reading?
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ġoliban
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Adverb
| Dari
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غالبا
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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ғолибан
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غالباً • (ğâleban)
- mostly
- often; very often
- (archaic) probably
c. 1520, Badr-ud-Dīn Hilālī, دیوان [Dīvān]:چیست دامان سپهر امروز پرخون از شفق؟
غالبا امشب ز درد عشق گردون میگریست- čî-st dâmân-i sipihr imrôz purxûn az šafaq?
ğâliban imšab zi dard-i išq gardûn mê-girîst - What is it, the robe of heaven today bloody from the sunset?
Probably, the firmament was weeping from the pain of love tonight.
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian غالباً (ğâliban), from Arabic غَالِبًا (ḡāliban).
Pronunciation
Adverb
غالِباً • (ġāliban) (Hindi spelling ग़ालिबन)
- probably, apparently, for the most part, mostly, chiefly
References
- “غالبا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “غالبا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.