gurbet
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editgurbet (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.
Declension
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editReferences
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