Dumb (Goonga / bay zuban)
He is dumb. (Wo googna (bay zuban) hai.)
adjective, dumber, dumbest.
Verb phrases
before 1000; Old English; cognate with Old Norse dumbr, Gothic dumbs, Old Saxon dumb, Old High German tump, German dumm
He is dumb. (Wo googna (bay zuban) hai.)
| Sr. | English Words | Urdu Words |
| 1 | DUMB Noun | گونگا ۔ بے زبان ۔ خوفزدہ |
| 2 | DUMB | گونگا ۔ |
| 3 | DUMB | گونگا ۔ |
| 4 | DUMB Adjective | گُونگا ۔ گنگ ۔ ابکم ۔ بے زبان ۔ بولنے سے قاصر ۔ |
| 5 | DUMB Adjective | گونگا ۔ بے زبان ۔ خوفزدہ ۔ دہشت ۔ |
dumb
[duhm]
1.
lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
2.
lacking the power of speech (offensive when applied to humans):
a dumb animal.
3.
temporarily unable to speak:
dumb with astonishment.
4.
refraining from any or much speech; silent.
5.
made, done, etc., without speech.
6.
lacking some usual property, characteristic, etc.
7.
performed in pantomime; mimed.
8.
Computers. pertaining to the inability to do processing locally:
A dumb terminal can input, output, and display data, but cannot process it.
Compare intelligent.
9.
Nautical.
- (of a barge) without means of propulsion.
- (of any craft) without means of propulsion, steering, or signaling.
10.
dumb down, Informal. to make or become less intellectual, simpler, or less sophisticated:
to dumb down a textbook; American movies have dumbed down.
Old English
1000
dumbly, adverb
dumbness, noun
quasi-dumb, adjective
quasi-dumbly, adverb
Dumb in the sense “lacking
the power of speech” is perceived as insulting when describing humans
(but not animals), probably because dumb also means “stupid; dull-witted.” The noun dummy in the sense “person who lacks the power of speech” is also perceived as insulting, as are the terms deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute, and mute. The adjective hearing-impaired is acceptable though not the term of choice, partly because it lacks directness. The preferred term is deaf, which makes no reference to an inability to speak or communicate; the capitalized Deaf signals membership in this community.
dumb
/dʌm/
adjective
1.
lacking the power to speak, either because of
defects in the vocal organs or because of hereditary deafness
2.
lacking the power of human speech: dumb animals
3.
temporarily lacking or bereft of the power to speak: struck dumb
4.
refraining from speech; uncommunicative
5.
producing no sound; silent: a dumb piano
6.
made, done, or performed without speech
7.
(informal)
- slow to understand; dim-witted
- foolish; stupid See also dumb down
8.
(of a projectile or bomb) not guided to its target
adj.
Old English dumb "silent, unable to speak," from PIE *dheubh- "confusion, stupefaction, dizziness," from root *dheu- (1) "dust, mist, vapor, smoke," and related notions of "defective perception or wits."
The Old English, Old Saxon (dumb), Gothic (dumbs), and Old Norse (dumbr) forms of the word meant only "mute, speechless;" in Old High German (thumb) it meant both this and "stupid," and in Modern German this latter became the only sense. Meaning "foolish, ignorant" was occasionally in Middle English, but modern use (1823) comes from influence of German dumm. Related: dumber; dumbest.
Applied to silent contrivances, hence dumbwaiter. As a verb, in late Old English, "to become mute;" c.1600, "to make mute." To dumb (something) down is from 1933.
The Old English, Old Saxon (dumb), Gothic (dumbs), and Old Norse (dumbr) forms of the word meant only "mute, speechless;" in Old High German (thumb) it meant both this and "stupid," and in Modern German this latter became the only sense. Meaning "foolish, ignorant" was occasionally in Middle English, but modern use (1823) comes from influence of German dumm. Related: dumber; dumbest.
Applied to silent contrivances, hence dumbwaiter. As a verb, in late Old English, "to become mute;" c.1600, "to make mute." To dumb (something) down is from 1933.
from natural infirmity (Ex. 4:11); not knowing what
to say (Prov. 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Ps. 39:9; Lev. 10:3).
Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (Matt. 9:32, 33; Luke 11:14; Matt.
12:22) to the use of speech.
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