غريبة

Arabic

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ-r-b)

Etymology 1

غَرِيب (ḡarīb) + ـة (-a)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.riː.ba/

Noun

غَرِيبَة • (ḡarība) f (plural غَرَائِب‎ (ḡarāʔib))

  1. peculiarity, a strange occurrence
Declension
Descendants

(via plural form غَرَائِب‎ (ḡarāʔib))

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

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣu.raj.ba/, /ɣur.raj.ba/, /ɣu.raj.ja.ba/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ɣraj.ba/, /ɣriː.ba/, /ɣrajj.ba/

Noun

غُرَيْبَة or غُرَّيْبَة or غُرَيَّبَة • (ḡurayba or ḡurrayba or ḡurayyaba) f

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

غَرِيبَة • (ḡarība) f (plural غَرِيبَات (ḡarībāt), masculine غَرِيب (ḡarīb))

  1. female equivalent of غَرِيب (ḡarīb)

Adjective

غَرِيبَة • (ḡarība) f

  1. feminine singular of غَرِيب (ḡarīb)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
غ ر ب
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic غُرَيْبَة (ḡurayba).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

غُريبة • (ḡurēba) f (plural غُريبات (ḡurēbāt))

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.riː.ba/

Adjective

غريبة • (ḡarība) f

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