کمیاب

See also: كميات

Persian

Etymology

کم (kam, “little”) +‎ یاب (yâb, present stem of یافتن (yâftan, “to find”)).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kamyāb
Dari reading? kamyāb
Iranian reading? kamyâb
Tajik reading? kamyob

Adjective

کمیاب • (kamyâb) (comparative کمیاب‌تَر, superlative کمیاب‌تَرین)

  1. rare
    Synonyms: نایاب (nâyâb), نادر (nâder), اکسیر (eksir), کیمیا (kimiyâ)
    کتاب کمیاب ― ketâb-e kamyâb ― rare book

Inflection

Predicative forms of کمیاب (kamyâb)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”) 		کمیابم (kamyấbam) کمیابیم (kamyấbim)
2nd person
(“you are”) 		کمیابی (kamyấbi) کمیابید، کمیابین△ (kamyấbid, kamyấbin△)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”) 		کمیاب است، کمیابه△ (kamyấb ast, kamyấbe△) کمیابند، کمیابن△ (kamyấband, kamyấban△)

△ Colloquial.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کمیاب (kamyāb).

Pronunciation

Adjective

کَمیاب • (kamyāb) (Hindi spelling कमियब)

  1. rare, scarce
    Synonym: نایاب (nāyāb)

References

  • “کمیاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “کمیاب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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