🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

गरीब

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gareeb

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Poor/pʊr/
adjectivenounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"इस क्षेत्र में कई परिवार गरीब हैं और बुनियादी जरूरतों को पूरा करने के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे हैं।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

    "Many families in the area are poor and struggle to afford basic necessities."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is poor.

    "The charity aims to help the poor by providing food and shelter."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'poor' originates from the Old French 'povre', which in turn comes from the Latin 'pauper', meaning 'poor, needy'. The term has evolved through the centuries to encompass not only financial deprivation but also a lack of quality or worth.

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