غريب

العربية

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غريب

/ɣa.riːb/

Rhymes with -iːb

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Compare غَرُبَ (ḡaruba, “to be a stranger, to be strange”).

adjective غَرِيب · ḡarīb · غَرِيبَة · غُرَبَاء · أَغْرَب

strange, peculiar, unusual
foreign, unfamiliar; exotic
outlandish
rare
amazing, wondrous
obscure
supported only by the authority of one narrator (relative to Muhammad)

noun غَرِيب · ḡarīb · غُرَبَاء · أَغْرَاب · غَرِيبَة

foreigner
outsider
stranger

In English

alien person, etc. from outside
weird having an unusually strange character or behaviour
strange not normal
foreign originating from or characteristic of a different country
grotesque distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
stranger person whom one does not know
freaky unusual

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {غريب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}