صائب

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ص و ب (ṣ w b)
8 terms

Derived from the active participle of the verb صَابَ (ṣāba).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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صَائِب (ṣāʔib) (feminine صَائِبَة (ṣāʔiba), masculine plural صَائِبُونَ (ṣāʔibūna), feminine plural صَائِبَات (ṣāʔibāt))

  1. right, correct; pertinent, relevant

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian صائب (sā'ib), from Arabic صَائِب (ṣāʔib).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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صائِب (sāib) (Hindi spelling साइब)

  1. right, going straight to the point
  2. well-aimed, to the point, right sound in judgement

Further reading

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  • صائب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • صائب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “صائب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “صائب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.