gurbet

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غربت (gurbet, “a being away from home, absence and exile, perfect whiteness”), from Arabic غُرْبَة (ḡurba, “a feeling of longing for one's native land, of being a stranger”), from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to go away, to depart, to withdraw, to leave”)..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuɾˈbet/
• Hyphenation: gur‧bet

Noun

gurbet (definite accusative gurbeti, plural gurbetler)

1. Any place far away from one's homeland.

   Synonyms: gurbetlik, yadlık

2. The state or feeling of being a stranger and/or longing for one's homeland.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	gurbet
Definite accusative	gurbeti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gurbet	gurbetler
Definite accusative	gurbeti	gurbetleri
Dative	gurbete	gurbetlere
Locative	gurbette	gurbetlerde
Ablative	gurbetten	gurbetlerden
Genitive	gurbetin	gurbetlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular gurbetim gurbetlerim 2nd singular gurbetin gurbetlerin 3rd singular gurbeti gurbetleri 1st plural gurbetimiz gurbetlerimiz 2nd plural gurbetiniz gurbetleriniz 3rd plural gurbetleri gurbetleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular gurbetimi gurbetlerimi 2nd singular gurbetini gurbetlerini 3rd singular gurbetini gurbetlerini 1st plural gurbetimizi gurbetlerimizi 2nd plural gurbetinizi gurbetlerinizi 3rd plural gurbetlerini gurbetlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular gurbetime gurbetlerime 2nd singular gurbetine gurbetlerine 3rd singular gurbetine gurbetlerine 1st plural gurbetimize gurbetlerimize 2nd plural gurbetinize gurbetlerinize 3rd plural gurbetlerine gurbetlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular gurbetimde gurbetlerimde 2nd singular gurbetinde gurbetlerinde 3rd singular gurbetinde gurbetlerinde 1st plural gurbetimizde gurbetlerimizde 2nd plural gurbetinizde gurbetlerinizde 3rd plural gurbetlerinde gurbetlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular gurbetimden gurbetlerimden 2nd singular gurbetinden gurbetlerinden 3rd singular gurbetinden gurbetlerinden 1st plural gurbetimizden gurbetlerimizden 2nd plural gurbetinizden gurbetlerinizden 3rd plural gurbetlerinden gurbetlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular gurbetimin gurbetlerimin 2nd singular gurbetinin gurbetlerinin 3rd singular gurbetinin gurbetlerinin 1st plural gurbetimizin gurbetlerimizin 2nd plural gurbetinizin gurbetlerinizin 3rd plural gurbetlerinin gurbetlerinin

Derived terms

• diyarıgurbet
• gurbet çekmek
• gurbet ele düşmek
• gurbet eli
• gurbetçi
• gurbete çıkmak

 

Related terms

• garabet
• gariban
• garip
• garipsemek
• garp
• gureba
• gurup
• hilkat garibesi
• mağrip

 

Further reading

• “gurbet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gurbet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1782