غیر
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).
Noun
غیر • (gayr) (plural اغیار)
Descendants
- Turkish: gayr
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غیر ghayr. s.”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, pages 1356a–b
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian غیرـ (ġeyr-e-), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr) + Persian ezafe.
Prefix
غیر • (gayr-i)
Derived terms
- غیر محدود (gayr-i mahdud)
- غیر ممكن (gayr-i mümkin)
- غیر منقول (gayr-i menkul)
Descendants
- Turkish: gayri-
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈɣajɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣäjɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qejɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁäjɾ]
| 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))
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi:
Etymology 2
From غیر (ġeyr) + ezafe.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɣaj.ˈɾi/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣäj.ɾɪ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qej.ɹe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁäj.ɾi]
| 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)
- other than, different from, unlike
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɣɛːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɛːɾ
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian غیر (ġayr), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).
Noun
غَیر • (ġair) m (Hindi spelling ग़ैर)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | غیر (ġair) | غیر (ġair) |
| oblique | غیر (ġair) | غیروں (ġairõ) |
| vocative | غیر (ġair) | غیرو (ġairo) |
Adjective
غَیر • (ġair) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ग़ैर)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian غیرـ (ġayr-i)
Prefix
غَیرـ • (ġair-) (Hindi spelling ग़ैर-)
Derived terms
- غَیر حاضِر (ġair-hāzir)
- غَیر مُلْکی (ġair-mulkī)
- غَیر مُمْکِن (ġair-mumkin)