غیب

غیب

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic غَيْب‎ (ḡayb).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣajb/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢejb/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɣajb/

Noun

غیب • (ğeyb)

1. (especially Islam) the unseen; the mysterious and invisible, known only to God and the prophets and imams
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 37”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎:

     ‏چه گویمت که به میخانه دوش مست و خراب
     سروشِ عالمِ غیبم چه مژده‌ها دادست‎

     či gōyam-at ki ba mayxana dōš mast u xarāb
     surōš-i ālim-i ğayb-am či muždahā dād ast

     How shall I tell you, last night at the tavern, [while I was] drunk and ruined,
     What good tidings an angel from the unseen world brought to me?

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

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Etymology

From Urdu غائب‎ (ğāyb).

Adjective

غیب (ğeb)

1. not seen, unseen
2. absent, missing