غریبی

Persian

Etymology

From (ğarib, “strange, foreign”) +‎ (-i, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣa.ɾiː.βiː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣä.ɾiː.biː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣä.ɾiː.biː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣä.ɾi.bi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.ɹiː.biː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁä.ɾi.bi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ğarīḇī
Dari reading^?	ğarībī
Iranian reading^?	ğaribi
Tajik reading^?	ġaribi

Noun

غریبی • (ğaribi)

Usage notes

The words (ğarib), (ğaribi), and (ğorbat) are used when talking from the point of view of the foreigner, e.g. when the speaker himself/herself is a foreigner; for example:

I [feel] so much [like] a foreigner here in Germany.

ğam-e ğorbat pedaramo dar âvord.

I'm sick and tired of the pain of foreignness.

Don't feel to be a stranger! Talk with me.

Derived terms

غریبی کردن (ğaribi kardan)
غریبگی (ğaribegi)

Descendants

→ Hindi: ग़रीबी (ġarībī, “poverty”)
→ Marathi: गरीबी (garībī, “poverty”)
→ Urdu: غریبی (ġarībī, “poverty”)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “غریبی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul