Where does “غریبی” come from?
غریبی (Persian) comes from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
غریبی (Persian): strangeness, peculiarity; foreignness, exoticness
Definitions
- strangeness, peculiarity; foreignness, exoticness
Ancestry of “غریبی”, step by step
غریبی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ی | the grammatical particle ezafe; see... |
| 2 | Arabic | ي | bound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 4 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |
via Persian غریب
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | غریب | stranger; strange; rare |
| 2 | Arabic | غَرِيب | foreign; strange, peculiar; stranger; strange,... |
| 3 | Arabic | غَرُبَ | to be strange; to be a stranger, to be strange |