غالبا

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَالِبًا (ḡāliban). By surface analysis, (ğâleb) +‎ (-an).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	ğāliḇan
Dari reading^?	ğāliban
Iranian reading^?	ğâleban
Tajik reading^?	ġoliban

Adverb


Iranian Persian	غالبا
Dari	غالبا
Tajik	ғолибан

غالباً • (ğâleban)

mostly
often; very often
(archaic) probably
- c. 1520, Badr-ud-Dīn Hilālī, :
  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 (ğâliban), from Arabic غَالِبًا (ḡāliban).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣɑː.lɪ.bən/
Rhymes: -ən

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.

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