غیر

See also: غیرـ, غير, and غ ي ر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Noun

غیر • (gayr) (plural اغیار)

  1. another, not the same person or things
Descendants
  • Turkish: gayr

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian غیرـ (ġeyr-e-), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr) + Persian ezafe.

Prefix

غیر • (gayr-i)

  1. (an adverbial prefix forming negative adjectives) not, un-, non-, in-
    Synonym: ناـ (nâ-)
Derived terms
  • غیر محدود (gayr-i mahdud)
  • غیر ممكن (gayr-i mümkin)
  • غیر منقول (gayr-i menkul)
Descendants

Further reading

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غیر ghayr (An adverbial prefix forming negative adjectives.)”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1356b

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ġayr
Dari reading? ġayr
Iranian reading? ġeyr
Tajik reading? ġayr

Noun

Dari غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайр

غیر • (ġeyr) (plural اغیار (aġyâr))

  1. another
Descendants

Etymology 2

From غیر (ġeyr) + ezafe.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ġayr-i
Dari reading? ġayr-i
Iranian reading? ġeyr-e
Tajik reading? ġayr-i

Preposition

Dari غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайри

غیر • (ġeyr-e)

  1. other than, different from, unlike

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian غیر (ġayr), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Noun

غَیر • (ġairm (Hindi spelling ग़ैर)

  1. other
  2. outsider, foreigner
Declension
Declension of غیر
singular plural
direct غیر (ġair) غیر (ġair)
oblique غیر (ġair) غیروں (ġairõ)
vocative غیر (ġair) غیرو (ġairo)

Adjective

غَیر • (ġair) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ग़ैर)

  1. other
  2. strange, foreign
  3. unrelated
    غَیر آدمیġair ādmīunrelated man

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian غیرـ (ġayr-i)

Prefix

غَیرـ • (ġair-) (Hindi spelling ग़ैर-)

  1. not, un-, non-, in-
    Synonyms: اَـ (a-), ناـ (nā-)
Derived terms

References

  • غیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • غیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.