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Hindi
- गरीबी (garībī) (nuqtaless)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian غریبی (ğarībī). By surface analysis, ग़रीब (ġarīb) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɣə.ɾiː.biː/, , /ɡə.ɾiː.biː/,
Noun
ग़रीबी • (ġarībī) f (Urdu spelling غَرِیبی)
- poverty (state of being poor)
- Synonyms: दरिद्रता (daridratā), निर्धनता (nirdhantā); see also Thesaurus:ग़रीबी
विकासशील देशों में बहुत ग़रीबी होती है।- vikāsśīl deśõ mẽ bahut ġarībī hotī hai.
- There is a lot of poverty in developing nations.
- (rare) foreignness, strangeness (by extension) state of exile
Declension
Declension of ग़रीबी (sg-only fem ī-stem)
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ग़रीबी
ġarībī
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ग़रीबी
ġarībī
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ग़रीबी
ġarībī
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References
- “ग़रीबी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ग़रीबी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 257
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गरीबी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1239