غربت

See also: عربت and عزبت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

غربت (form I)

1. غَرَبْتُ (ḡarabtu) /ɣa.rab.tu/: first-person singular past active of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba)
2. غَرَبْتَ (ḡarabta) /ɣa.rab.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba)
3. غَرَبْتِ (ḡarabti) /ɣa.rab.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba)
4. غَرَبَتْ (ḡarabat) /ɣa.ra.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba)
5. غَرُبْتُ (ḡarubtu) /ɣa.rub.tu/: first-person singular past active of غَرُبَ (ḡaruba)
6. غَرُبْتَ (ḡarubta) /ɣa.rub.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of غَرُبَ (ḡaruba)
7. غَرُبْتِ (ḡarubti) /ɣa.rub.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of غَرُبَ (ḡaruba)
8. غَرُبَتْ (ḡarubat) /ɣa.ru.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of غَرُبَ (ḡaruba)

Etymology 2

Verb

غربت (form II)

1. غَرَّبْتُ (ḡarrabtu) /ɣar.rab.tu/: first-person singular past active of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
2. غَرَّبْتَ (ḡarrabta) /ɣar.rab.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
3. غَرَّبْتِ (ḡarrabti) /ɣar.rab.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
4. غَرَّبَتْ (ḡarrabat) /ɣar.ra.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
5. غُرِّبْتُ (ḡurribtu) /ɣur.rib.tu/: first-person singular past passive of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
6. غُرِّبْتَ (ḡurribta) /ɣur.rib.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
7. غُرِّبْتِ (ḡurribti) /ɣur.rib.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
8. غُرِّبَتْ (ḡurribat) /ɣur.ri.bat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُرْبَة (ḡurba).

Noun

غربت • (gurbet)

1. a being away from home, absence and exile

Descendants

• Turkish: gurbet
• → Albanian: kurbet
• → Armenian: ղուրբեթ (ġurbetʻ), (Constantinople) խուրպէթ (xurpētʻ), (Van) կուրբա̈թ (kurbätʻ)
• → Bulgarian: гурбе́т (gurbét)
• → Cappadocian Greek: γουρπέτι (gourpéti)
• → Greek: κουρμπέτι (kourmpéti)
• → Georgian: ყურბეთი (q̇urbeti)
• → Laz: კურბეთი (ǩurbeti)
• → Macedonian: гурбет (gurbet)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: гу̀рбет

  Latin script: gùrbet

• → Zazaki: qurbet

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غربت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1340
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غربت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 871

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُرْبَة (ḡurba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣuɾ.ˈbat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣʊɾ.bǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣʊɾ.bǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣʊɾ.bǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣuɾ.bǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qoɹ.bǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁuɾ.bǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ğurbat
Dari reading?	ğurbat
Iranian reading?	ğorbat
Tajik reading?	ġurbat

Noun

غربت • (ğorbat)

1. exile (as a state); being away from one's native land

   غم غربت ― ğam-e ğorbat ― homesickness (literally, “sorrow of exile”)

2. (metonymically) homesickness

Usage notes

The words غریب (ğarib), غریبی (ğaribi), and غربت (ğorbat) are used when talking from the point of view of the foreigner, e.g. when the speaker himself/herself is a foreigner; for example:

اینجا تو آلمان خیلی غریبم.

injâ tu âlmân xeyli ğarib-am.

I [feel] so much [like] a foreigner here in Germany.

غم غربت پدرمو در آورد.

ğam-e ğorbat pedar-am-o dar âvord.

I'm sick and tired of the pain of foreignness.

غریبی نکن! باهام حرف بزن.

ğaribi na-kon! bâ-hâm harf bezan.

Don't feel to be a stranger! Talk with me.