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→‎Marathi: User:Smettems, per User:Inqilābī#Regarding etymologies..., we categorized such terms as a borrowing from Persian.
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Undo revision 62440364 by Inqilābī (talk) But that is simply not true. It was borrowed into Old Marathi and passed into the modern language.
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|mr|fa-cls|عبیر|tr='abīr}}, from {{der|mr|ar|عَبِير|t=scent, perfume}}. First attested as {{inh|mr|omr|अबीर|t=a scented powder}}.
From {{inh|mr|omr|अबीर|tr=a scented powder}} from {{der|mr|fa-cls|عبیر|tr='abīr}}, from {{der|mr|ar|عَبِير|t=scent, perfume}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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# {{lb|mr|uncountable}} a colored powder especially used during the [[Holi]] festival; [[abir]]
# {{lb|mr|uncountable}} a colored powder especially used during the [[Holi]] festival; [[abir]]
#: {{uxi|mr|'''अबीर''' गुलाल, उधळीत रंग|-}}
#: {{uxi|mr|अबीर गुलाल, उधळीत रंग|-}}
#: {{syn|mr|गुलाल}}
#: {{syn|mr|गुलाल}}

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Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

अबीर • (abīr) m (Urdu spelling عَبیر)

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

Declension

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

Marathi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə.biɾ/, [ə.biːɾ]

Noun

अबीर • (abīr) m

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