غالبا

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غَالِبًا (ḡāliban). By surface analysis, غالب (ğâleb) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ğāliḇan
Dari reading? ğāliban
Iranian reading? ğâleban
Tajik reading? ġoliban

Adverb

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Dari غالبا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғолибан

غالباً (ğâleban)

  1. mostly
  2. often; very often
  3. (archaic) probably
    • c. 1520, Badr-ud-Dīn Hilālī, دیوان [Dīvān]:
      چیست دامان سپهر امروز پرخون از شفق؟
      غالبا امشب ز درد عشق گردون می‌گریست
      čî-st dâmân-i sipihr imrôz purxûn az šafaq?
      ğâliban imšab zi dard-i išq gardûn mê-girîst
      What is it, the robe of heaven today bloody from the sunset?
      Probably, the firmament was weeping from the pain of love tonight.

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian غالباً (ğâliban), from Arabic غَالِبًا (ḡāliban).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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غالِباً (ġāliban) (Hindi spelling ग़ालिबन)

  1. probably, apparently, for the most part, mostly, chiefly

References

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  • غالبا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • غالبا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.