gurbet
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غربت (gurbet, “a being away from home, absence and exile, perfect whiteness”), from Arabic غُرْبَة (ḡurba, “a feeling of longing for one's native land, of being a stranger”), from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to go away, to depart, to withdraw, to leave”).[1].
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gurbet (definite accusative gurbeti, plural gurbetler)
- Any place far away from one's homeland.
- The state or feeling of being a stranger and/or longing for one's homeland.
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References edit
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gurbet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “gurbet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gurbet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1782