poor meaning in Punjabi
غریب ġarīb
/pʊɚ/
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poor in Punjabi: غریب (ġarīb), ਕੰਗਾਲ (kaṅgāl), ਗ਼ਰੀਬ (ġarīb), ماڑا (māṛā). In English, poor means with no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Punjabi words for poor
- poor
- غریب ġarīb, ਕੰਗਾਲ kaṅgāl, ਗ਼ਰੀਬ ġarīb, ماڑا māṛā
- poor, penniless, needy
- ਧਨਹੀਣ dhanhīṇ
- poor; helpless; unfortunate
- وچارہ vicārah
- poor, helpless, hapless, unfortunate, wretched, pitiable
- ਵਿਚਾਰਾ vicārā
- poor; helpless
- غریب ġarīb, ਗ਼ਰੀਬ ġarīb
- the poor; destitute, working class
- غریب ġarīb, ਗ਼ਰੀਬ ġarīb
- poor, miserable
- ਖਸਤਾ khastā
- poor, indigent, wretched
- ਦਰਮਾਂਦਾ darmāndā
English meaning of poor
- adjective With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- adjective Of low quality.
- adjective Worthy of pity.
- adjective Deficient in a specified way.
poor in a sentence
- We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
- That was a poor performance.
- Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!
Synonyms of poor
poor in other languages
- poor in Hindi
- poor in Tamil
- poor in Marathi
- poor in Urdu
- poor in Bengali
- poor in Telugu
- poor in Malayalam
- poor in Kannada
- poor in Gujarati
- poor in Odia
- poor in Sanskrit
- poor in Sinhala
- poor in Assamese
- poor in Pashto
- poor in Tagalog
- poor in Arabic
- poor in Malay
- poor in Indonesian
- poor in Persian
- poor in Thai
- poor in Vietnamese
- poor in Myanmar
Questions about poor in Punjabi
- What is the meaning of poor in Punjabi?
- Poor in Punjabi is غریب (ġarīb), ਕੰਗਾਲ (kaṅgāl), ਗ਼ਰੀਬ (ġarīb), ماڑا (māṛā).
- poor ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
- Poor: غریب (ġarīb), ਕੰਗਾਲ (kaṅgāl), ਗ਼ਰੀਬ (ġarīb), ماڑا (māṛā).
- What does poor mean in English?
- Poor means with no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Source and license
Punjabi words from Wiktionary's Punjabi entries whose English meaning is “poor”: غریب, ماڑا, وچارہ, ਕੰਗਾਲ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: poor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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