ख़राब

See also: खराब

Hindi

Alternative forms

खराब (kharāb) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xarāb), from Arabic خَرَاب (ḵarāb). Compare Bengali খারাপ (kharap), Nepali खराब (kharāb), Punjabi ਖ਼ਰਾਬ (xarāb), Tulu ಖರಾಬ್ (kharābŭ).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xə.ɾɑːb/, [xɐ.ɾäːb], /kʰə.ɾɑːb/, [kʰɐ.ɾäːb]
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Adjective

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

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.

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