ख़राब
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See also: खराब
Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- खराब (kharāb) (nuqtaless)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian خراب (xarāb), from Arabic خَرَاب (ḵarāb). Compare Bengali খারাপ (kharap), Nepali खराब (kharāb), Punjabi ਖ਼ਰਾਬ (xarāb), Tulu ಖರಾಬ್ (kharābŭ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ख़राब • (xarāb) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خراب)
- spoiled, ruined
- Synonym: चौपट (caupaṭ)
- सब खाना ख़राब हो गया। ― sab khānā xarāb ho gayā. ― All the food has spoiled.
- bad, evil
- Synonym: बुरा (burā)
- वह बहुत ख़राब आदमी है। ― vah bahut xarāb ādmī hai. ― He is a very bad man.
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़राब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ख़राब”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.