غریب
See also: غريب
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɣa.ˈɾiːβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæ.ɹíːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁä.ɾíb]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ğarīḇ |
Dari reading? | ğarīb |
Iranian reading? | ğarib |
Tajik reading? | ġarib |
Noun
editDari | غریب |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ғариб |
غریب • (ğarib) (plural غریبها (ğarib-hâ) or غریبان (ğaribân))
Usage notes
editThe words غریب (ğarib), غریبی (ğaribi), and غربت (ğorbat) are used when talking from the point of view of the foreigner, e.g. when the speaker himself/herself is a foreigner; for example:
- اینجا تو آلمان خیلی غریبم.
- I [feel] so much [like] a foreigner here in Germany.
- غم غربت پدرمو در آورد.
- ğam-e ğorbat pedaramo dar âvord.
- I'm sick and tired of the pain of foreignness.
- غریبی نکن! باهام حرف بزن.
- Don't feel to be a stranger! Talk with me.
Derived terms
edit- غریبی (ğaribi)
Related terms
edit- غربت (ğorbat)
Adjective
editغریب • (ğarib) (comparative غریبتَر (ğarib-tar), superlative غریبتَرین (ğarib-tarin))
- strange
- 10th Century, Ferdowsi, Shahname.
- غریب آهوئی آمدم در کمند
که از بند جست و مرا کرد بند.
- rare
- 12th Century, Nizami Ganjavi, Khamse.
- به وقت خورش هرکه باشد طبیب
بپرهیزد از خورده های غریب
- foreign, alien
- 14th Century, Hafez, Divan-e Hafez-e Shirazi.
- گر آمدم به کوی تو چندان غریب نیست
چون من در آن دیار هزاران غریب هست
Inflection
editPredicative forms of غریب (ğarib) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person (“I am, we are”) |
غریبم (ğaribam) |
غریبیم (ğaribim) |
2nd person (“you are”) |
غریبی (ğaribi) |
غریبید (ğaribid) غریبین △ (ğaribin) |
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
غریب است (ğarib ast) غریبه △ (ğaribe) |
غریبند (ğariband) غریبن △ (ğariban) |
△ Colloquial. |
Urdu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian غَرِیب (ğarīb), from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɣə.ɾiːb/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
editغریب • (ġarīb) (Hindi spelling ग़रीब)
- poor, lowly
- وہ ایک غریب لکڑہارے سے لکڑی کٹوانے گیا ہے۔
- He is gone to get the wood cut by a poor carpenter.
Declension
editDeclension of غریب | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | غریب (ġarīb) | غریب (ġarīb) |
oblique | غریب (ġarīb) | غریبوں (ġarībō̃) |
vocative | غریب (ġarīb) | غریبو (ġarībō) |
Descendants
edit- Phalura: ɣaríb
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