غربة

See also: غزته, عربة, عزبة, and اغترب

Arabic

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ-r-b)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

غُرْبَة • (ḡurba) f

1. 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)
	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)
  • → Greek: κουρμπέτι (kourmpéti)
  • → Georgian: ყურბეთი (q̇urbeti)
  • → Laz: კურბეთი (ǩurbeti)
  • → Macedonian: гурбет (gurbet)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: гу̀рбет

    Latin script: gùrbet

  • → Zazaki: qurbet
• → Persian: غربت (ğorbat)
• → Uyghur: غۇربەت (ghurbet)
• → Uzbek: gʻurbat