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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).
Adjective
اجنبی • (ecnebi)
- strange
- foreign, alien
Noun
اجنبی • (ecnebi) (plural اجانب (ecanib))
- stranger
- foreigner, alien
Descendants
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ecnebî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 239
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اجنبی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 53
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ecnebi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اجنبی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 31
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).
Adjective
اجنبی • (ajnabi)
- strange, alien, foreign
Noun
اجنبی • (ajnabi) (plural اجانب (ajâneb))
- stranger
- foreigner
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اجنبی (ajnabī), from Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).
Pronunciation
Adjective
اَجنَبِی • (ajnabī) (Hindi spelling अजनबी)
- strange, foreign, unfamiliar
Noun
اَجنَبِی • (ajnabī) m (Hindi spelling अजनबी)
- stranger, foreigner
References
- “اجنبی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اجنبی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.