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

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? ğayr
Dari reading? ğayr
Iranian reading? ğeyr
Tajik reading? ġayr

Noun
Dari غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайр

غیر • (ğeyr) (plural اغیار (ağyâr))

  1. another
Descendants

Etymology 2

From غیر (ğeyr) + ezafe.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣäj.ɾɪ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɣäj.ɾɪ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɣäj.ɾi]

Readings
Classical reading? ğayr-i
Dari reading? ğayr-i
Iranian reading? ğeyr-e
Tajik reading? ġayr-i

Preposition
Dari غیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайри

غیر • (ğeyr-e)

  1. other than, different from, unlike

Prefix
Dari غیرـ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ғайри-

غیرـ • (ğeyr-e-)

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

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian غیر (ğayr), from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr).

Noun

غَیر • (ġair) m (Hindi spelling ग़ैर)

  1. other
  2. outsider, foreigner
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. other
  2. strange, foreign
  3. unrelated
    غَیر آدمی ― ġair ādmī ― unrelated man

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian غیرـ (ğayr-i)

Prefix

غَیرـ • (ġair-) (Hindi spelling ग़ैर-)

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

References
  • “غیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “غیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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