اجنبی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).

Adjective

اجنبی • (ecnebi)

  1. strange
  2. foreign, alien

Noun

اجنبی • (ecnebi) (plural اجانب (ecanib))

  1. stranger
  2. foreigner, alien

Descendants

  • Turkish: ecnebi

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).

Adjective

اجنبی • (ajnabi)

  1. strange, alien, foreign

Noun

اجنبی • (ajnabi) (plural اجانب (ajâneb))

  1. stranger
  2. foreigner

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اجنبی (ajnabī), from Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ (ʔajnabiyy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

اَجنَبِی • (ajnabī) (Hindi spelling अजनबी)

  1. strange, foreign, unfamiliar

Noun

اَجنَبِی • (ajnabī) m (Hindi spelling अजनबी)

  1. 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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