غیب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْب (ḡayb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈɣajb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäjb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣäjb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣäjb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qejb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁäjb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ġayb
Dari reading^?	ġayb
Iranian reading^?	ġeyb
Tajik reading^?	ġayb

Noun

غیب • (ġayb / ġeyb) (Tajik spelling ғайб)

(especially Islam) the unseen; the mysterious and invisible, known only to God and the prophets and imams
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:
  چه گویمت که به میخانه دوش مست و خراب
  سروشِ عالمِغیبم چه مژده‌ها دادست
  či gôyam-at ki ba mayxâna dôš mast u xarâb
  surôš-i âlim-i ġayb-am či muždahâ dâd ast
  How shall I tell you, last night at the tavern, [while I was] drunk and ruined,
  What good tidings an angel from the unseen world brought to me?
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

غیب شدن (ġeyb šodan)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu غائب (ġāib).

Adjective

غیب (ğeb)

not seen, unseen
absent, missing