غیر

See also: 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 (ğeyr-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

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɣajɾ/

Noun

Dari غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайр (ġayr)

غیر (ğeyr) (plural اغیار (ağyâr))

  1. another
Descendants

Etymology 2

From غیر (ğeyr) + ezafe.

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɣajɾi/

Preposition

Dari غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайри (ġayri)

غیر (ğeyr-e)

  1. other than, different from, unlike

Prefix

Dari غیرـ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайри- (ġayri-)

غیرـ (ğeyr-e-)

  1. un-, non-, in-
    Synonym: ناـ ()
Derived terms
Persian terms prefixed with غیر
Descendants

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian غیر (ğeyr), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Noun

غَیر (ġair) m (Hindi spelling ग़ैर)

  1. outsider, foreigner
  2. other
  3. unrelated
Declension
Declension of غیر
singular plural
direct غیر (ġair) غیر (ġair)
oblique غیر (ġair) غیروں (ġairō̃)
vocative غیر (ġair) غیرو (ġairō)

Adjective

غَیر (ġair) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ग़ैर)

  1. strange, foreign
  2. other

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian غیرـ (ğeyr-e-), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Prefix

غَیر (ġair) (Hindi spelling ग़ैर-)

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

References

  • غیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • غیر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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