غربة

Arabic

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ-r-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣur.ba/
    • (Kuwait, Persian Gulf) IPA(key): /ˈʁʊr.bɐ/

Noun

غُرْبَة • (ḡurba) f

  1. A physical alienation from oneself, whether due to being in foreign lands or in a hostile/uncomfortable space.
    • فدوافع الغربة في معظمها اجتماعية اقتصادية سياسية أو حتى نفسية، بينما تظل دوافع الاغتراب نفسية فقط
      The motives of alienation [Ghurba] are mostly socio-economic-political or even psychological, while the motives of alienation [Ightarib] remain psychological only.

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: qürbət
  • Crimean Tatar: гъурбет
  • Ottoman Turkish: غربت (gurbet)
    • Turkish: gurbet
    • Albanian: kurbet
    • Armenian: ղուրբեթ (ġurbetʻ), (Constantinople) խուրպէթ (xurpētʻ), (Van) կուրբա̈թ (kurbätʻ)
    • Bulgarian: гурбе́т (gurbét)
    • Cappadocian Greek: γουρπέτι (gourpéti)
    • Greek: κουρμπέτι (kourmpéti)
    • Georgian: ყურბეთი (q̇urbeti)
    • Laz: კურბეთი (ǩurbeti)
    • Macedonian: гурбет (gurbet)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: гу̀рбет
      Latin script: gùrbet
    • Zazaki: qurbet
  • Persian: غربت (ğorbat)
  • Uyghur: غۇربەت (ghurbet)
  • Uzbek: gʻurbat
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