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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قَرِيبًا (qarīban), from Arabic قَرِيبًا (qarīban), indefinite accusative of قَرِيب (qarīb, “near, close”), from the root ق ر ب (q r b). By surface analysis, क़रीब (qarīb) + -अन (-an).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /qə.ɾiː.bən/, , /kə.ɾiː.bən/,
Adverb
क़रीबन • (qarīban) (Urdu spelling قریباً)
- nearly, almost, just about
- Synonyms: लगभग (lagbhag), क़रीब (qarīb), क़रीब-क़रीब (qarīb-qarīb), तक़रीबन (taqrīban)
क़रीबन चार सौ लोग आए है मेरे मुहल्ले से।- qarīban cār sau log āe hai mere muhalle se.
- Nearly four hundred people have come from my neighbourhood.