See also: غریب

Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
غ ر ب (ḡ r b)
16 terms

Compare غَرُبَ (ḡaruba, to be a stranger, to be strange).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣa.riːb/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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غَرِيب (ḡarīb) (feminine غَرِيبَة (ḡarība), masculine plural غُرَبَاء (ḡurabāʔ), elative أَغْرَب (ʔaḡrab))

  1. strange, peculiar, unusual
  2. foreign, unfamiliar; exotic
  3. outlandish
  4. rare
  5. amazing, wondrous
  6. obscure
  7. (Islam) supported only by the authority of one narrator (relative to Muhammad)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: għarib
  • Azerbaijani: qəribə
  • Armenian: ղարիբ (ġarib)
  • Ottoman Turkish: غریب (ġarib)
    > Turkish: garip (inherited)

References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “غريب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie

Noun

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غَرِيب (ḡarībm (plural غُرَبَاء (ḡurabāʔ) or أَغْرَاب (ʔaḡrāb), feminine غَرِيبَة (ḡarība))

  1. foreigner
  2. outsider
  3. stranger

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References

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

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
غ ر ب
6 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣa.riːb/, [ɣaˈriːb]
  • Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

Adjective

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غريب (ḡarīb) (feminine غريبة (ḡarībe), common plural غريبين (ḡarībīn) or غربا (ḡuraba), elative أغرب (ʔaḡrab))

  1. foreign, alien, strange
  2. unusual, extraordinary, strange

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Noun

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غريب (ḡarībm (plural غريبين (ḡarībīn) or غربا (ḡuraba), feminine غريبة (ḡarībe))

  1. stranger