اغلب

اغلب

See also: أغلب‎

Arabic

Verb

اِغْلَبْ • (iḡlab) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of غَلِبَ‎ (ḡaliba)

Verb

اِغْلِبْ • (iḡlib) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of غَلَبَ‎ (ḡalaba)

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَغْلَب‎ (ʾaḡlab).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /aɣlab/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /aɣlab/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /æɢlæb/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /aɣlab/

Adverb

اَغلَب • (ağlab)

1. often
   • 2019 December 18, “کشور هزار جزیره و مزه‌های استوایی”, in isna.ir‎, Iranian Students' News Agency:

     ‏این غذا اغلب به همراه سبزیجات و انواع گوشت مانند مرغ، میگو و ... تهیه می‌شود.‎‎

     in ğazâ ağlab be hamrâh-e sabzijât va anvâ'-e gušt mânand-e morğ, meygu... tahiye mi-šavad.

     This food is often prepared to the accompaniment of vegetables and types of meat such as chicken, shrimp, etc.

2. mostly
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 251:

     ‏آدمی خوارند اغلب مردمان / از سلام علیک‌شان کم جو امان‎

     âdami-xâr-and ağlab mardomân / az salâm-'alleyk-ešân kam ju amân

     Most people are man-eaters: put no trust in their saying, "Peace to you."

Noun

اَغلَب • (ağlab)

1. most (of a group)

   Synonym: اکثر‎ (aksar)

   ‏اغلب مردم‎ ― ağlab-e mardom ― most people