Where does “غریب” come from?

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

Ancestry of “غریب”, step by step

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

Words derived from “غریب”

Every word from Arabic غَرُبَ →Every word from Arabic غَرِيب →