غني

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See also: عنى, عني, غنى, and غنی

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
غ ن ي (ḡ n y)
9 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

غَنِيَ (ḡaniya) I (non-past يَغْنَى (yaḡnā), verbal noun غِنًى (ḡinan) or غَنَاء (ḡanāʔ))

  1. to be free from want
  2. to be content, to be satisfied
  3. to be rich, to be wealthy
Conjugation

Verb

غَنِيَ (ḡaniya) I (non-past يَغْنَى (yaḡnā), verbal noun غِنًى (ḡinan))

  1. to marry
  2. to inhabit, dwell, settle
  3. to remain, continue to be
  4. to live, exist
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Adjective

غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy) (feminine غَنِيَّة (ḡaniyya), masculine plural غَنِيُّونَ (ḡaniyyūna) or أَغْنِيَاء (ʔaḡniyāʔ), feminine plural غَنِيَّات (ḡaniyyāt), elative أَغْنَى (ʔaḡnā))

  1. rich, wealthy
    Antonym: فَقِير (faqīr)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:273:
      لِلْفُقَرَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ ٱلْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَاءَ مِنَ ٱلتَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ لَا يَسْأَلُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌ
      li-l-fuqarāʔi llaḏīna ʔuḥṣirū fī sabīli llāhi lā yastaṭīʕūna ḍarban fī l-ʔarḍi yaḥsabuhumu l-jāhilu ʔaḡniyāʔa mina t-taʕaffufi taʕrifuhum bi-sīmāhum lā yasʔalūna n-nāsa ʔilḥāfan wa-mā tunfiqū min ḵayrin fa-ʔinna llāha bihi ʕalīmun
      for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of God, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant one would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their sign. They do not ask people persistently. And whatever you spend of good: indeed, God is Knowing of it.
  2. free from need
    • a. 1344 C.E., أَبُو حَيَّان الْأَنْدَلُسِيّ (ʔabū ḥayyān al-ʔandalusiyy), البحر المحيط في التفسير [The Encompassing Sea within Exegesis ]‎, volume 8, Beirut, Lebanon: Dār Al-Fikr, published 2000, page 116:
      وَكَذَلِكَ ﴿لِنُحْيِيَ بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَيْتًا﴾ يُرِيدُ بَعْضَ بِلَادِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُتَبَاعِدِينَ عَنْ مَظَانِّ الْمَاءِ بِخِلَافِ سُكَّانِ الْمُدُنِ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَرِيبُونَ مِنَ الْأَوْدِيَةِ وَالْأَنْهَارِ وَالْعُيُونِ فَهُمْ غَنِيُّونَ غَالِبًا عَنْ سَقْيِ مَاءِ الْمَطَرِ []
      And as it is "So that We might revive a lifeless land..."; some nations would like those who are far from a habitat with water, as opposed to the inhabitants of jurisdictions because are near the stream-beds and the rivers and the springs, so they are in no need of overcome irrigation of rainwater
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: qəni
  • Chagatai: غنی
  • Ottoman Turkish: غنی (ganî)
  • Pashto: غني
  • Persian: غنی (ğani)
  • Punjabi: غَنی (ġanī)
  • Sindhi: غني
  • Urdu: غَنی (ġanī)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology

Verb

غني (form II)

  1. غُنِّيَ (ḡunniya) /ɣun.ni.ja/: third-person masculine singular past passive of غَنَّى (ḡannā)
  2. غَنِّي (ḡannī) /ɣan.niː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of غَنَّى (ḡannā)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
غ ن ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

غني (ḡani) (feminine غَنِيّة (ḡaniyya))

  1. rich
    Antonym: فقير (fagīr)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy).

Adjective

غَنِي (ġanī) (Devanagari ग़नी)

  1. rich

Further reading

  • غني”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938