غریب

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ğarīḇ
Dari reading? ğarīb
Iranian reading? ğarib
Tajik reading? ġarib

Noun

Dari غریب
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғариб

غریب • (ğarib) (plural غریب‌ها (ğarib-hâ) or غریبان (ğaribân))

  1. stranger
    Synonym: غریبه (ğaribe)

Usage notes

The 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 so much 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

Adjective

غریب • (ğarib) (comparative غریب‌تَر (ğarib-tar), superlative غریب‌تَرین (ğarib-tarin))

  1. strange
    • 10th Century, Ferdowsi, Shahname.
    • غریب آهوئی آمدم در کمند
      که از بند جست و مرا کرد بند.
  2. rare
    • 12th Century, Nizami Ganjavi, Khamse.
    • به وقت خورش هرکه باشد طبیب
      بپرهیزد از خورده های غریب
  3. 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

    Predicative forms of غریب (ğarib)
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

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَرِیب (ğarīb), from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb).

Pronunciation

Adjective

غریب • (ġarīb) (Hindi spelling ग़रीब)

  1. poor, lowly
    وہ ایک غریب لکڑہارے سے لکڑی کٹوانے گیا ہے۔
    He is gone to get the wood cut by a poor carpenter.

Declension

Declension of غریب
singular plural
direct غریب (ġarīb) غریب (ġarīb)
oblique غریب (ġarīb) غریبوں (ġarībõ)
vocative غریب (ġarīb) غریبو (ġarībo)

Descendants

  • Phalura: ɣaríb
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