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penury meaning in Urdu

غریبی

/ˈpɛnjʊɹi//ˈpɛnjəɹi/

penury in Urdu: غریبی, غربت, کمی, قلت. In English, penury means extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.

Urdu words for penury

غریبی, غربت, کمی, قلت

English meaning of penury

  1. noun Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. noun Often followed by of: a lack of something; a dearth, a scarcity.
  3. noun The quality of being miserly; miserliness, parsimoniousness, stinginess.

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Questions about penury in Urdu

What is the meaning of penury in Urdu?
Penury in Urdu is غریبی, غربت, کمی, قلت.
penury کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Penury: غریبی, غربت, کمی, قلت.
What does penury mean in English?
Penury means extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.

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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: penury (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: penury (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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