غربة

See also: غزته, عربة, عزبة, and اغترب

Arabic

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ r b)
16 terms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

غُرْبَة • (ḡurba) f

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

Declension of noun **غُرْبَة** (ḡurba)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غُرْبَة ḡurba	الْغُرْبَة al-ḡurba	غُرْبَة ḡurbat
nominative	غُرْبَةٌ ḡurbatun	الْغُرْبَةُ al-ḡurbatu	غُرْبَةُ ḡurbatu
accusative	غُرْبَةً ḡurbatan	الْغُرْبَةَ al-ḡurbata	غُرْبَةَ ḡurbata
genitive	غُرْبَةٍ ḡurbatin	الْغُرْبَةِ al-ḡurbati	غُرْبَةِ ḡurbati

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)
- → Crimean Tatar: ğurbet
- → Greek: κουρμπέτι (kourmpéti)
- → Georgian: ყურბეთი (q̇urbeti)
- → Laz: კურბეთი (ǩurbeti)
- → Macedonian: гурбет (gurbet)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: гу̀рбет
  Latin script: gùrbet
- → Zazaki: qurbet
→ Persian: غربت (ġorbat)
→ Uyghur: غۇربەت (ghurbet)
→ Uzbek: gʻurbat