خراب

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See also: حراب

Arabic[edit]

خَرَاب

Etymology[edit]

From the root خ ر ب(ḵ-r-b).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

خَرَاب (ḵarābm

  1. (uncountable) ruin, wreck
  2. (uncountable) ruination, wreckage, desolation

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

خَرَاب (ḵarāb)

  1. ruined, wrecked, destroyed

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Azerbaijani: xarab
  • Northern Kurdish: xirab
  • Ottoman Turkish: خراب(harâb)
  • Persian: خراب(xarâb)

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic خَرَاب(ḵarāb, ruined, wrecked).

Adjective[edit]

خراب (harab)

  1. ruined, desolated, devastated
    Synonyms: ویران(viran), یباب(yebab), ییقق(yıkık)
  2. uninhabited, having no inhabitants
    Synonym: چول(çöl)
  3. spoilt, marred, wasted
  4. impoverished, dilapidated

Noun[edit]

خراب (harab)

  1. ruin, desolation, devastation, waste
    Synonym: تخریب(tahrib)
  2. impoverishment, immiseration, dilapidation
  3. decline, decay, deterioration

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic خَرَاب(ḵarāb).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? xarāḇ
Dari reading? xarāb
Iranian reading? xarâb
Tajik reading? xarob
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Adjective[edit]

Dari خراب
Iranian Persian
Tajik хароб

خراب (xarâb)

  1. ruined, devastated, demolished, destroyed
    Synonyms: ویرانه(virâne), ویران(virân)
  2. drunk, intoxicated
  3. spoiled
  4. miserable
  5. (chiefly Dari) bad
    Synonym: بد
  6. (chiefly Tajik) thin, slim (denoting of a person's size as not being fat, not fat. See below for the antonym and a more-formal synonym.)
    Synonym: لاغر Antonym: فربه

Noun[edit]

خراب (xarâb)

  1. ruin, desolation
    Synonym: ویرانه(virâne)

Derived terms[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian خراب(xarāb), from Arabic خَرَاب(ḵarāb).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

خراب (xarāb) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ख़राब)

  1. spoiled, ruined, damaged
  2. bad, evil
    Synonym: بُرا(burā)
  3. (food) rotten
  4. (machinery) out of order, broken

References[edit]

  • خراب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “خراب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • خراب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Ushojo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Urdu خراب(xarāb).

Adjective[edit]

خراب (xarāb)

  1. spoiled, ruined, damaged, broken
  2. bad, evil