Where does “غریب” come from?
غریب (Urdu) comes from Arabic غَرِيب, from Arabic غَرُبَ — to be strange; to be a stranger, to be strange.
غریب (Urdu): poor, lowly
Ancestry of “غریب”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | غَرِيب | foreign; strange, peculiar; stranger; strange,... |
| 2 | Arabic | غَرُبَ | to be strange; to be a stranger, to be strange |