غير

From the root غ ي ر‎ (ḡ-y-r); compare غَارَ‎ (ḡāra, “to be jealous, to display zeal”).

• IPA^(key): /ɣajr/

غَيْر • (ḡayr) m

1. (in construct state):
   1. other than, different from, unlike

      ‏غَيْرُهُ‎ ― ḡayruhu ― another (literally, “other than him”)

      ‏هَل عِنْدَكَ أَصْدِقَاءُ غَيْرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ؟‎‎

      hal ʕindaka ʔaṣdiqāʔu ḡayru hāʔulāʔi?

      Do you have any friends other than these?

      ‏رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا غَيْرَهُ‎‎

      raʔaytu rajulan ḡayrahu

      I saw a man other than him.

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:68:

        ‏وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِيۤ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيۡرِهِۦ ۚ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فَلَا تَقۡعُدۡ بَعۡدَ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ مَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ‎

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   2. except, save, but

      ‏لَا أُرِيدُ غَيْرَ ذٰلِكَ.‎‎

      lā ʔurīdu ḡayra ḏālika.

      I want only this.

      (literally, “I don’t want anything but this.”)

      ‏وَصَلَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ.‎‎

      waṣala l-musāfirūna ḡayra wāḥidin.

      All the travellers arrived but one.

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:59:

        ‏لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ‎

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   3. more than

      ‏غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ‎

      ḡayra marratin

      more than once

   4. no, not, un-, non-, in-, dis-

      ‏غَيْرُ طَيِّبٍ‎

      ḡayru ṭayyibin

      not good

      ‏هَٰذَا غَيْرُ قَانُونِيٍّ‎

      hāḏā ḡayru qānūniyyin

      This is illegal

      ‏يَكُونُ غَيْرَ قَانُونِيٍّ‎

      yakūnu ḡayra qānūniyyin

      It is illegal

      ‏هٰذَا الْمَحَلٌّ غَيْرُ مَفْتُوحٍ لِلنَاسِ غَيْرِ الْمُتَحَضَّرِينَ وَالمُتَوَحِّشِينَ‎

      hāḏā l-maḥallun ḡayru maftūḥin li-n-nāsi ḡayri al-mutaḥaḍḍarīna wa-l-mutawaḥḥišīna

      This place is not open for uncivilized or uncouth people.

      (literally, “This place is not open for the other-than-civilized and uncouth people.”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 95:6:

     ‏إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ‎

     ʔillā allaḏīna ʔāmanū wa-ʕamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-la-hum ʔajrun ḡayru mamnūnin

     Except for those who believe and work good deeds: their reward will not wear off.

2. (in definite state اَلْغَيْر‎ (al-ḡayr)):
   1. someone or something else; someone or something other than; other; others
   2. (law) third party

• إِلَّا‎ (ʔillā), سِوَى‎ (siwā), دُونَ‎ (dūna), إِلَّا‎ (ʔillā), عَدَا‎ (ʕadā), خَلَا‎ (ḵalā), حَاشَا‎ (ḥāšā)

• غَيْرِيّ‎ (ḡayriyy)
• بِغَيْرِ‎ (biḡayri, “without”)
• لَا غَيْرُ‎ (lā ḡayru, “only, just, nothing besides that”)

• → Azerbaijani: qeyr
• → Chagatai: غیر‎
  • Uyghur: غەير‎ (gheyr)
  • Uzbek: gʻayr
• → Ottoman Turkish: غیر‎ (gayr)
  • Turkish: gayr
• → Persian: غیر‎ (ğeyr)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: ग़ैर (ġair)
    • Urdu: غَیر‎ (ġair)
• → Turkmen: gaýr

From the root غ ي ر‎ (ḡ-y-r).

• IPA^(key): /ɣaj.ja.ra/

غَيَّرَ • (ḡayyara) II, non-past يُغَيِّرُ‎‎ (yuḡayyiru)

1. (transitive) to change, to alter
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:11:

     ‏إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ‎

     ʔinna llāha lā yuḡayyiru mā biqawmin ḥattā yuḡayyirū mā biʔanfusihim

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ɣu.jur/

غُيُر • (ḡuyur) m pl

1. masculine plural of غَيُور‎ (ḡayūr, “zealous, very jealous, very enthusiastic”)

غُيُر • (ḡuyur) m pl

1. plural of غَيُور‎ (ḡayūr, “zealot”)

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “غير”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “غير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960), “غير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

غير • (ḡayr, ḡēr)

1. (definite) other than

   ‏ما عنا غير القرايب.‎‎

   ma ʿinna ḡayr li-'rāyib.

   We have nobody but the relatives.

2. (indefinite) other

   Synonyms: آخر‎ (ʾāḵar), (only these can be used in definite construction) تاني‎ (tēni)

   ‏ما عنا غير قرايب.‎‎

   ma ʿinna ḡayr 'rāyib.

   We don't have other relatives.

From Arabic غَيْر‎ (ḡayr).

• IPA^(key): /ɣeːr/, [ɣeːr]

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غير • (ḡēr)

1. except, apart from

   Synonyms: ما عدا‎ (ma-ʕada), إلا‎ (ʔilla)

2. other, another, else, different

   Synonym: تاني‎ (tāni)

   ‏اعطيني واحد غيره.‎‎

   aʕṭīni wāhed ḡēro

   Give me a another one (instead).

3. un-, in-, dis- (turning the meaning of nouns and adjectives into the opposite)

   Synonym: مش‎ (miš)

   ‏غير مباشر‎‎ ― ḡēr mubāšer ― indirect

   ‏غير قانوني‎‎ ― ḡēr qanūnī ― illegal, against the law

From Arabic غَيَّرَ‎ (ḡayyara).

• IPA^(key): /ɣaj.jar/, [ˈɣaj.jar]

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غيّر • (ḡayyar) (form II, present بغيّر‎ (biḡayyer))

1. (transitive) to change, to alter