लिबास

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لباس (libās), from Arabic لِبَاس (libās). Compare Punjabi ਲਿਬਾਸ (libās) / لِباس (libās), Gujarati લિબાસ (libās), લેબાસ (lebās).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lɪ.bɑːs/, [lɪ.bäːs]

Nomen

लिबास • (libās) m (Urdu spelling لِباس)

1. clothes, clothing, attire, garment

   Synonyms: परिधान (paridhān), पहनावा (pahnāvā), पोशाक (pośāk), कपड़े (kapṛe), वस्त्र (vastra)

   जो पानी से नहाता है, वह लिबास बदलता है।
   जो पसीने से नहाता है, वह इतिहास बदलता है।

   jo pānī se nahātā hai, vah libās badaltā hai.
   jo pasīne se nahātā hai, vah itihās badaltā hai.

   One who bathes with water, changes clothes;
   One who bathes in sweat, changes history.

Declension

Declension of लिबास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लिबास libās	लिबास libās
oblique	लिबास libās	लिबासों libāsõ
vocative	लिबास libās	लिबासो libāso

References

• “लिबास”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लिबास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 896