# غني
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

* Root
* غ ن ي (ḡ n y)
* 9 terms

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa.niː/

#### Verb

غَنِيَ • (ḡaniya) I (non-past يَغْنَى (yaḡnā), verbal noun غِنًى (ḡinan) or غَنَاء (ḡanāʔ))
* to be free from want [with بِ (bi) ‘of something’]
* to be content, to be satisfied
* to be rich, to be wealthy

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

غَنِيَ • (ḡaniya) I (non-past يَغْنَى (yaḡnā), verbal noun غِنًى (ḡinan))
* to marry
* to inhabit, dwell, settle
* to remain, continue to be
* to live, exist

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa.nijj/
* Rhymes: -ijj

#### Adjective

غَنِيّ • (ḡaniyy) (feminine غَنِيَّة (ḡaniyya), masculine plural غَنِيُّونَ (ḡaniyyūna) or أَغْنِيَاء (ʔaḡniyāʔ), feminine plural غَنِيَّات (ḡaniyyāt), elative أَغْنَى (ʔaḡnā))
* rich, wealthy
    Antonym: فَقِير (faqīr)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:273:لِلْفُقَرَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ ٱلْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَاءَ مِنَ ٱلتَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ لَا يَسْأَلُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ بِهِ عَلِيمٌli-l-fuqarāʔi llaḏīna ʔuḥṣirū fī sabīli llāhi lā yastaṭīʕūna ḍarban fī l-ʔarḍi yaḥsabuhumu l-jāhilu ʔaḡniyāʔa mina t-taʕaffufi taʕrifuhum bi-sīmāhum lā yasʔalūna n-nāsa ʔilḥāfan wa-mā tunfiqū min ḵayrin fa-ʔinna llāha bihi ʕalīmun[Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of God, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant one would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their sign. They do not ask people persistently. And whatever you spend of good: indeed, God is Knowing of it.
* free from need [with عَن (ʕan) ‘of’]
** a. 1344 C.E., أَبُو حَيَّان الْأَنْدَلُسِيّ (ʔabū ḥayyān al-ʔandalusiyy), البحر المحيط في التفسير [The Encompassing Sea within Exegesis [of the Holy Qur'an]]‎, volume 8, Beirut, Lebanon: Dār Al-Fikr, published 2000, page 116:وَكَذَلِكَ ﴿لِنُحْيِيَ بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَيْتًا﴾ يُرِيدُ بَعْضَ بِلَادِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُتَبَاعِدِينَ عَنْ مَظَانِّ الْمَاءِ بِخِلَافِ سُكَّانِ الْمُدُنِ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَرِيبُونَ مِنَ الْأَوْدِيَةِ وَالْأَنْهَارِ وَالْعُيُونِ فَهُمْ غَنِيُّونَ غَالِبًا عَنْ سَقْيِ مَاءِ الْمَطَرِ […]And as it is [said in the verse:] "So that We might revive [by sending the rain] a lifeless land..."; some nations would like those who are far from a habitat with water, as opposed to the inhabitants of jurisdictions because [the latter] are [already] near the stream-beds and the rivers and the springs, so they are in no need of [and have already] overcome [the dependency upon] irrigation of rainwater […]

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: qəni
* → Chagatai: غنی
** Uyghur: غەنى (gheni)
** Uzbek: gʻani
* → Ottoman Turkish: غنی (ganî)
** Turkish: gani
* → Pashto: غني
* → Persian: غنی (ğani)
* → Punjabi: غَنی (ġanī)
* → Sindhi: غني
* → Urdu: غَنی (ġanī)

#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “غني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology
#### Verb

غني (form II)
* غُنِّيَ (ḡunniya) /ɣun.ni.ja/: third-person masculine singular past passive of غَنَّى (ḡannā)
* غَنِّي (ḡannī) /ɣan.niː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of غَنَّى (ḡannā)

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* غ ن ي
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa.ni/

### Adjective

غني • (ḡani) (feminine غَنِيّة (ḡaniyya))
* rich
    Antonym: فقير (fagīr)

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy).

### Adjective

غَنِي • (ġanī) (Devanagari ग़नी)
* rich

### Further reading

* “غني”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938