अबीर

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian عبیر ('abīr), from Arabic عَبِير (ʕabīr, “scent, perfume”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.biːɾ/, [ɐ.biːɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun[edit]

अबीर • (abīr) m (Urdu spelling عَبیر)

  1. (uncountable) a colored powder especially used during the Holi festival; abir
    Synonym: गुलाल (gulāl)

Declension[edit]

Declension of अबीर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अबीर
abīr 		अबीर
abīr
oblique अबीर
abīr 		अबीरों
abīrõ
vocative अबीर
abīr 		अबीरो
abīro

Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Marathi अबीर (a scented powder) from Classical Persian عبیر ('abīr), from Arabic عَبِير (ʕabīr, “scent, perfume”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ə.biɾ/, [ə.biːɾ]

Noun[edit]

अबीर • (abīr) m

  1. (uncountable) a colored powder especially used during the Holi festival; abir
    Synonym: गुलाल (gulāl)
    अबीर गुलाल, उधळीत रंग ― abīr gulāl, udhḷīt raṅga
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