Arabic

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Root
غ ر ب (ḡ r b)
16 terms

Etymology 1

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غَرِيب (ḡarīb) +‎ ـة (-a)

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Noun

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غَرِيبَة (ḡarībaf (plural غَرَائِب (ḡarāʔib))

  1. peculiarity, a strange occurrence
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(via plural form غَرَائِب (ḡarāʔib))

  • Persian: غرائب
  • Ottoman Turkish: غرائب
  • Uyghur: غارايىپ (gharayip)
  • Uzbek: gʻaroyib

Etymology 2

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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.

 
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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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غُرَيْبَة or غُرَّيْبَة or غُرَيَّبَة (ḡurayba or ḡurrayba or ḡurayyabaf

  1. (chiefly collective) sandie (a kind of sablé biscuits with nuts and/or raisins)
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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

  1. female equivalent of غَرِيب (ḡarīb)

Adjective

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غَرِيبَة (ḡarībaf

  1. feminine singular of غَرِيب (ḡarīb)

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
غ ر ب
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Etymology 1

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From Arabic غُرَيْبَة (ḡurayba).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣu.reː.ba/, [ɣʊ.re̞ː.ba]

Noun

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غُريبة (ḡurēbaf (plural غُريبات (ḡurēbāt))

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

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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غريبة (ḡarībaf

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