गायब

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɣɑː.jəb/, [ɣäː.jɐb], /ɡɑː.jəb/, [ɡäː.jɐb]
  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɣɑːjb/, [ɣäːjb], /ɡɑːjb/, [ɡäːjb]

Adjective

गायब • (ġāyab or ġāyb) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling غائب)

  1. nuqtaless form of ग़ायब (ġāyab, ġāyb)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غایب (ġāyib), from Arabic غَائِب (ḡāʔib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.jəb/

Adjective

गायब • (gāyab)

  1. disappeared, gone
  2. invisible
    Synonym: अदृश्य (adruśya)

References

  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गायब”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)