غیر

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See also: غير and غ ي ر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Noun

غیر • (gayr) (plural اغیار)

  1. another, not the same person or things
Descendants
  • Turkish: gayr

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian غیرـ (ğeyr-e-), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr) + Persian ezafe.

Prefix

غیر • (gayr-i)

  2. (an adverbial prefix forming negative adjectives) not, un-, non-, in-
    Synonym: ناـ (nâ-)
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غیر ghayr (An adverbial prefix forming negative adjectives.)”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1356b

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ğayr
Dari reading? ğayr
Iranian reading? ğeyr
Tajik reading? ġayr

Noun

Dari غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайр

غیر • (ğeyr) (plural اغیار (ağyâr))

  1. another
Descendants

Etymology 2

From غیر (ğeyr) + ezafe.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ğayr-i
Dari reading? ğayr-i
Iranian reading? ğeyr-e
Tajik reading? ġayr-i

Preposition

Dari غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайри

غیر • (ğeyr-e)

  1. other than, different from, unlike

Prefix

Dari غیرـ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайри-

غیرـ • (ğeyr-e-)

  2. un-, non-, in-
    Synonym: ناـ (nâ)
Derived terms
Persian terms prefixed with غیر
Descendants

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian غیر (ğayr), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Noun

غَیر • (ġair) m (Hindi spelling ग़ैर)

  1. outsider, foreigner
  2. other
  3. unrelated
Declension
Declension of غیر
singular plural
direct غیر (ġair) غیر (ġair)
oblique غیر (ġair) غیروں (ġairō̃)
vocative غیر (ġair) غیرو (ġairō)

Adjective

غَیر • (ġair) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ग़ैर)

  1. strange, foreign
  2. other

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian غیرـ (ğayr-i)

Prefix

غَیرـ • (ġair-) (Hindi spelling ग़ैर-)

  2. not, un-, non-, in-
    Synonyms: اَـ (a-), ناـ (nā-)
Derived terms

References

  • “غیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “غیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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