قربانی

Persian

Etymology

قربان (qorbân) +‎ ـی (i).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qʊɾ.bɑː.níː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qʊɾ.bɑː.níː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [quɾ.bɔː.ní]

Readings
Classical reading? qurbānī
Dari reading? qurbānī
Iranian reading? ğorbâni
Tajik reading? qurboni

Noun
Dari قربانی
Iranian Persian
Tajik қурбонӣ

قربانی • (qorbâni) (plural قربانیان (qorbâniân) or قربانی‌ها (qorbâni-hâ))

  1. sacrifice; sacrificial animal or victim
  2. victim
    قربانیان حمله تروریستی ― qorbâniyân-e hamle-ye teroristi ― victims of the terrorist attack
    قربانیان اسیدپاشی ― qorbâniyân-e asid-pâši ― acid attack victims

Derived terms
  • قربانی شدن (qorbâni šodan)
  • قربانی کردن (qorbâni kardan)

Proper noun

قربانی • (qorbâni)

  1. a surname, Ghorbani

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قربانی (qurbānī), from Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān).

Pronunciation

Noun

قُرْبانی • (qurbānī) f (Hindi spelling क़ुर्बानी)

  1. (literally) sacrifice
  2. (Islam) qurbani, sacrificial animal (Eid ul-Adha)
  3. (religion) sacrifice, offering (corban)

Declension
Declension of قربانی
singular plural
direct قربانی (qurbānī) قربانیاں (qurbāniyā̃)
oblique قربانی (qurbānī) قربانیوں (qurbāniyō̃)
vocative قربانی (qurbānī) قربانیو (qurbāniyō)

References
  • “قربانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “قربانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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