ღარიბი

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Georgian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb, strage; foreign; rare). Doublet of Georgian ყარიბი (q̇aribi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣaribi/, [ʁaɾibi]
  • Hyphenation: ღა‧რი‧ბი

Adjective

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ღარიბი (ɣaribi) (comparative უფრო ღარიბი, superlative უღარიბესი)

  1. with little or no possessions or money, poor, destitute, impecunious, poverty-stricken, pauper
  2. (by extension) Lacking something, destitute, poor
  3. undeveloped
  4. (figuratively) seldom, rare

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See also

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References

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  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ღარიბი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press