غیب

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْب (ḡayb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	ğayb
Dari reading^?	ğayb
Iranian reading^?	ğeyb
Tajik reading^?	ġayb

Noun

غیب • (ğeyb)

(especially Islam) the unseen; the mysterious and invisible, known only to God and the prophets and imams
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎:
  چه گویمت که به میخانه دوش مست و خراب
  سروشِ عالمِغیبم چه مژده‌ها دادست
  či gôyam-at ki ba mayxana dôš mast u xarâb
  surôš-i âlim-i ğayb-am či muždahâ dâd ast
  How shall I tell you, last night at the tavern, drunk and ruined,
  What good tidings an angel from the unseen world brought to me?
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu غائب (ğāyb).

Adjective

غیب (ğeb)

not seen, unseen
absent, missing

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