غائب

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See also: غایب

Arabic

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Root
غ ي ب (ḡ y b)
13 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of the verb غَابَ (ḡāba, to be absent, hidden).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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غَائِب (ḡāʔib) (common plural غُيَّب (ḡuyyab), masculine plural غَائِبُون (ḡāʔibūn) or غُيَّاب (ḡuyyāb), feminine plural غَائِبَات (ḡāʔibāt))

  1. hidden
  2. vanished
  3. concealed
  4. absent
  5. invisible

Declension

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Noun

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غَائِب (ḡāʔibm

  1. something hidden
  2. future
  3. God (the Invisible)
  4. (grammar) third person

Declension

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Descendants

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Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غائِب (ḡāʔib).

Adjective

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غائِبُ (transliteration needed)

  1. absent

Further reading

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “غائِبُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • غائب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غَائِب (ḡāʔib).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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غائِب (ġāib) (Hindi spelling ग़ायब)

  1. hidden
  2. vanished
  3. concealed
  4. absent
  5. invisible

Noun

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غائِب (ġāibm (Hindi spelling ग़ायब)

  1. something hidden
  2. future
  3. God (the Invisible)
  4. (grammar) third person

Further reading

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “غائب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.