قریب

See also: قريب, فریب, and قرئت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qarīb
Dari reading? qarīb
Iranian reading? ġarib
Tajik reading? qarib

Adjective

Dari قریب
Iranian Persian
Tajik қариб

قریب • (qarib)

  1. near
  2. close

Synonyms

Adverb

قریب • (qarib)

  1. nearly
  2. almost
  3. approximately

Noun

قریب • (qarib)

  1. relation
  2. kinsman
  • قریباً (qariban)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَرِیب (qarīb), from Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qə.ɾiːb/
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  • Rhymes: -iːb
  • Hyphenation: قَ‧رِیب

Adjective

قَرِیب • (qarīb) (Hindi spelling क़रीब)

  1. near
  2. approximate

Synonyms

Adverb

قَرِیب • (qarīb) (Hindi spelling क़रीब)

  1. nearly
  2. approximately

Noun

قَرِیب • (qarībm (Hindi spelling क़रीब)

  1. relation
  2. kinsman

Declension

Declension of قریب
singular plural
direct قَرِیب (qarīb) قَرِیب (qarīb)
oblique قَرِیب (qarīb) قَرِیبوں (qarībõ)
vocative قَرِیب (qarīb) قَرِیبو (qarībo)

Derived terms

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ق ر ب (0 c, 2 e)

Further reading

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “قریب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 885
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “قریب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 790
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قریب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 464
  • قریب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “قریب”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1281
  • قریب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.