How to say "strange, foreign; a stranger" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningstrange, foreign; a stranger
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غَرِيب
gharībע'ריב
غريب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מוזר
muzarمُوزَار
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
غ-ر-بHebrew root
ע-ר-בSame root as Hebrew maʿarav (מערב), 'west', and ʿerev (ערב), 'evening' — see the entry for gharb, 'west'. A gharīb was originally someone who had headed toward the sunset, away from home: 'westerner' drifted into 'stranger, foreigner, the odd one out.'
Related Hebrew word:מערבma'aravمَأَرَاڤ
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In a phrase
بَلَد غَرِيب
balad gharībבלד ע'ריבa foreign country
Plural
غُرَبَاء
ghurabāʾע'רבאאbroken plural CuCaCāʾ — like حكيم→حكماء
Feminine
غَرِيبَة
gharībaע'ריבה