بغیر

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِغَيْرِ (bi-ḡayri).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.ɣɛːɾ/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛːɾ

Adjective

بَغَیر • (baġair) (Hindi spelling बग़ैर)

  1. lacking
    Synonym: بِنا (binā)
    اِجازَت کے بَغَیر ― ijāzat ke baġair ― without permission (literally, “lacking of permission”)
  2. with the exception
    Synonyms: سِوا (sivā), عِلاوَہ ('ilāva)
    اُس کے بَغَیر ― us ke baġair ― except him/her (literally, “with the exception of him/her”)

Preposition

بَغَیر • (baġair) (Hindi spelling बग़ैर)

  1. without
    Synonyms: بِلا (bilā), بِنا (binā)
    بَغَیر اِجازَت ― baġair ijāzat ― without permission

References
  • “بغیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بغير”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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