غالب

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Arabic[edit]

Root
غ ل ب (ḡ-l-b)

Etymology[edit]

Derived from the active participle of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

غَالِب (ḡālib) (masculine plural غَالِبُونَ (ḡālibūna) or غَلَبَة (ḡalaba), elative أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab))[1]

  1. triumphant, victorious
  2. predominant, preponderant

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Azerbaijani: qalib
  • Bengali: গালিব (galibo)
  • Spanish: Gálvez
  • Ottoman Turkish: غالب (galib)
  • Uyghur: غالىپ (ghalip)
  • Uzbek: gʻolib

Noun[edit]

غَالِب (ḡālibm (plural غَلَبَة (ḡalaba) or غَالِبُون (ḡālibūn), feminine غَالِبَة (ḡāliba))[1]

  1. victor
  2. (contextual) more numerous, most numerous, plurality, majority, more, most (+ genitive: of)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wehr, Hans (1979) “غالب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic غَالِب (ḡālib).

Proper noun[edit]

غالب (Galib)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

Adjective[edit]

غالب (galib)

  1. triumphant, victorious

Noun[edit]

غالب (galib)

  1. victor

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “galip”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic غَالِب (ḡālib).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? ğāliḇ
Dari reading? ğālib
Iranian reading? ğâleb
Tajik reading? ġolib

Adjective[edit]

Dari غالب
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғолиб

غالب (ğâleb)

  1. dominant, major
  2. victorious, conqueror