Where does “ğurbetlik” come from?

ğurbetlik (Crimean Tatar) comes from Turkish gurbet, from Ottoman Turkish غربت, from Arabic غُرْبَة.

ğurbetlik (Crimean Tatar): foreign country, foreign land

Definitions

  1. foreign country, foreign land

Ancestry of “ğurbetlik”, step by step

ğurbetlik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish gurbet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgurbetsomewhere that is far away from a place one lives...
2Ottoman Turkishغربتa being away from home, absence and exile
3Arabicغُرْبَة—

via Proto-Balto-Slavic lik-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slaviclik-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanl(o)yk-o-—
Every word from Arabic غُرْبَة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish غربت →Every word from Turkish gurbet →