غريبة

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Arabic

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ r b)
16 terms

Etymology 1

غَرِيب (ḡarīb) +‎ ـة (-a)

Pronunciation

Noun

غَرِيبَة (ḡarībaf (plural غَرَائِب (ḡarāʔib))

  1. peculiarity, a strange occurrence
Declension
Descendants

(via plural form غَرَائِب (ḡarāʔib))

Etymology 2

A vernacular borrowing of Ottoman Turkish قرابیه (kurabiye), غرابیه (gurabiye, an almond-biscuit; a small hunting-case watch), a pseudo-Arabism like جمهوریت (cumhuriyet) suffixed ـیت (-iyyet) from Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb, the extremity of the haunch, bend of the scabbard) because the fob watch was carried near the haunch or scabbard, from which the cookie name was transferred.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣu.raj.ba/, /ɣur.raj.ba/, /ɣu.raj.ja.ba/

Noun

غُرَيْبَة or غُرَّيْبَة or غُرَيَّبَة (ḡurayba or ḡurrayba or ḡurayyabaf

  1. (chiefly collective) sandie (a kind of sablé biscuits with nuts and/or raisins)
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

غَرِيبَة (ḡarībaf (plural غَرِيبَات (ḡarībāt), masculine غَرِيب (ḡarīb))

  1. female equivalent of غَرِيب (ḡarīb)

Adjective

غَرِيبَة (ḡarībaf

  1. feminine singular of غَرِيب (ḡarīb)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
غ ر ب
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic غُرَيْبَة (ḡurayba).

Pronunciation

Noun

غُريبة (ḡurēbaf (plural غُريبات (ḡurēbāt))

  1. Qurabiya, sandie (a kind of sablé biscuits with nuts and/or raisins)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

غريبة (ḡarībaf

  1. feminine of غَرِيب (ḡarīb, strange, weird)