غیبت

g̠ībat (for A. غیبة , v.n. fr. ig̠tāba, 'he spoke evil of (him) in (his) absence,' viii of غیب ; see g̠aib), s.f. Evil speech respecting a person behind his back (generally, with truth; and thus opposed to bǒhtān, q.v.), backbiting, detraction, slander, libel:—g̠ībat-karnā(-kī), To speak ill of one behind his back, to backbite, slander, traduce.