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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian وغیره (wa-ğayra), from Arabic وَ غَيْرُهُ (wa ḡayruhu, literally “and its other”). Compare Marathi वगैरे (vagaire).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋə.ɣɛː.ɾəɦ/, , /ʋə.ɡɛː.ɾəɦ/,
Adverb
वग़ैरह • (vaġairah) (Urdu spelling وغیرہ)
- et cetera, and so forth
- Synonym: इत्यादि (ityādi)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “वग़ैरह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.