Where does “غريبة” come from?

غريبة (Arabic) comes from Arabic غَرِيب, from Arabic غَرُبَ — to be strange; to be a stranger, to be strange.

غريبة (Arabic): peculiarity, a strange occurrence

Definitions

  1. peculiarity, a strange occurrence

Ancestry of “غريبة”, step by step

غريبة traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic غَرِيب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicغَرِيبforeign; strange, peculiar; stranger; strange,...
2Arabicغَرُبَto be strange; to be a stranger, to be strange

via Ottoman Turkish قرابیه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقرابیه
2Arabicغُرَّبِيَّة

via Arabic ـَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـَةfeminine marker, also used to mark language names...

Words derived from “غريبة

Every word from Arabic غَرُبَEvery word from Arabic غَرِيب