غریب

Borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb).

• (Iran) Homophone: قریب (ġarib)

غریب • (ġarīb / ġarib) (plural غَرِیب‌هَا, or غَرِیبَان, Tajik spelling ғариб)

1. stranger

   Synonym: غریبه (ġaribe)

The words غریب (ġarib), غریبی (ġaribi), and غربت (ġorbat) 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 [feel] so much [like] a foreigner here in Germany.

غم غربت پدرمو در آورد.

ġam-e ġorbat 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.

• غریبی (ġaribi)

• غربت (ġorbat)

غریب • (ġarīb / ġarib) (comparative غریب‌تَر, superlative غریب‌تَرین, Tajik spelling ғариб)

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

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَرِیب (ġarīb), borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb), from غَرُبَ (ḡaruba).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɾiːb/, /ɣə.ɾiːb/
• Hyphenation: غ‧ریب
• Rhymes: -iːb

غَرِیب • (ġarīb) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਗ਼ਰੀਬ)

1. poor (as opposed to rich)

   Antonym: اَمِیر (amīr)

2. poor; helpless
3. (figuratively) meek, humble
4. (literally, rare) strange

غَرِیب • (ġarīb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗ਼ਰੀਬ)

1. a poor person
2. (in the plural) the poor; destitute, working class

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “غرِیب”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “غریب”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਗਰੀਬ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَرِیب (ġarīb), borrowed from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb), from غَرُبَ (ḡaruba).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣə.ɾiːb/

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• Rhymes: -iːb
• Hyphenation: غَ‧رِیب

غَرِیب • (ġarīb) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ग़रीब)

1. poor (of wealth)

   وہ ایک غَرِیب لَکَڑْہارے سے لَکْڑی کَٹْوانے گَیا ہَے۔

   vo ek ġarīb lakaṛhāre se lakṛī kaṭvāne gayā hai.

   He went to get the wood cut by a poor carpenter.

2. poor; helpless

• → Palula: ɣaríb