اجنبی

See also: أجنبي‎, اخنبي‎, and اجنبي‎

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• اجنبیه‎ (ecnebiye)

Etymology

From Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ‎ (ʔajnabiyy).

Adjective

اجنبی • (ecnebi)

1. strange
2. foreign, alien

Noun

اجنبی • (ecnebi) (plural اجانب‎ (ecanib))

1. stranger
2. foreigner, alien

Descendants

• Turkish: ecnebi

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “ecnebî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 239
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اجنبی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 53
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ecnebi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اجنبی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 31
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ‎ (ʔajnabiyy).

Adjective

اجنبی • (ajnabi)

1. strange, alien, foreign

Noun

اجنبی • (ajnabi) (plural اجانب‎ (ajâneb))

1. stranger
2. foreigner

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian اجنبی‎ (ajnabi), from Arabic أَجْنَبِيّ‎ (ʔajnabiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əd͡ʒ.nə.biː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

اَجنَبِی • (ajnabī) (Hindi spelling अजनबी)

1. strange, foreign, unfamiliar

Noun

اَجنَبِی • (ajnabī) m (Hindi spelling अजनबी)

1. stranger, foreigner

References

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