غیر

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

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “غیر ghayr. s.‎”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1356a–b

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

• Turkish: gayri-

Further reading

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

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Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر‎ (ḡayr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣajɾ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣajɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢejɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɣajɾ/

Noun

Dari	غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ғайр (ġayr)

غیر • (ğeyr) (plural اغیار‎ (ağyâr))

1. another

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ग़ैर (ġair)
  • Urdu: غَیر‎ (ġair)

Etymology 2

From غیر‎ (ğeyr) + ezafe.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣajɾi/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣajɾɪ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢejɾe/

• (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 (nâ)

Derived terms

Persian terms prefixed with غیر

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qeyri-
• → Chagatai: غیر‎
  • Uyghur: غەيرى‎ (gheyri)
  • Uzbek: gʻayri-
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ग़ैर- (ġair-)
  • Urdu: غَیر‎ (ġair)
• → Ottoman Turkish: غیر‎ (gayr-i)
  • Turkish: gayri-

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Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣɛːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɛːɾ

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

• غیر حاضر‎ (ġair ḥāẓir)
• غیر ممکن‎ (ġair mumkin)

 

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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.