غالب

Arabic
Root
غ ل ب‎ (ḡ-l-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of غَلَبَ‎ (ḡalaba) from the root غ ل ب‎ (ḡ-l-b).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣaː.lib/

Adjective

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

  1. triumphant, victorious
  2. predominant, preponderant

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: qalib
  • → Bengali: গালিব (galibo)
  • →⇒ Spanish: Gálvez
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Turkish: galip
    • Crimean Tatar: ğalip
  • → Uyghur: غالىپ‎ (ghalip)
  • → Uzbek: gʻolib

Noun

غَالِب • (ḡālib) m (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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  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

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Proper noun

غالب • (Galib)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

Adjective

غالب • (galib)

  1. triumphant, victorious

Noun

غالب • (galib)

  1. victor

Descendants

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

Persian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣɑː.lɪ́b]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɣɑː.lɪ́b]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɣɔː.líb̥]

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

Adjective
Dari Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғолиб

غالب • (ğâleb)

  1. dominant, major
  2. victorious, conqueror
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