غير

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣajr/

Noun

غَيْر • (ḡayr) m

1. (in construct state):
   1. other than, different from, unlike

      غَيْرُهُ ― ḡayruhu ― another (literally, “other than him”)

      هَل عِنْدَكَ أَصْدِقَاءُ غَيْرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ؟

      hal ʕindaka ʔaṣdiqāʔu ḡayru hāʔulāʔi?

      Do you have any friends other than these?

      رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا غَيْرَهُ ― raʔaytu rajulan ḡayrahu ― I saw a man other than him.

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:68:

        وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِيۤ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيۡرِهِۦ ۚ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فَلَا تَقۡعُدۡ بَعۡدَ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ مَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

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   2. except, save, but

      لَا أُرِيدُ غَيْرَ ذٰلِكَ.

      lā ʔurīdu ḡayra ḏālika.

      I want only this.

      (literally, “I don’t want anything but this.”)

      وَصَلَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ.

      waṣala l-musāfirūna ḡayra wāḥidin.

      All the travellers arrived but one.

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:59:

        لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

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   3. more than

      غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ ― ḡayra marratin ― more than once

   4. no, not, un-, non-, in-, dis-

      غَيْرُ طَيِّبٍ ― ḡayru ṭayyibin ― not good

      هَٰذَا غَيْرُ قَانُونِيٍّ ― hāḏā ḡayru qānūniyyin ― This is illegal

      يَكُونُ غَيْرَ قَانُونِيٍّ ― yakūnu ḡayra qānūniyyin ― It is illegal

      هٰذَا الْمَحَلٌّ غَيْرُ مَفْتُوحٍ لِلنَاسِ غَيْرِ الْمُتَحَضَّرِينَ وَالمُتَوَحِّشِينَ

      hāḏā l-maḥallun ḡayru maftūḥin li-n-nāsi ḡayri al-mutaḥaḍḍarīna wa-l-mutawaḥḥišīna

      This place is not open for uncivilized or uncouth people.

      (literally, “This place is not open for the other-than-civilized and uncouth people.”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 95:6:

     إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

     ʔillā llaḏīna ʔāmanū wa-ʕamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-la-hum ʔajrun ḡayru mamnūnin

     Except for those who believe and work good deeds: their reward will not wear off.

2. (in definite state اَلْغَيْر (al-ḡayr)):
   1. someone or something else; someone or something other than; other; others
   2. (law) third party

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaj.ja.ra/

Verb

غَيَّرَ • (ḡayyara) II (non-past يُغَيِّرُ (yuḡayyiru), verbal noun تَغْيِير (taḡyīr))

1. (transitive) to change, to alter
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:11:

     إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ

     ʔinna llāha lā yuḡayyiru mā biqawmin ḥattā yuḡayyirū mā biʔanfusihim

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣu.jur/

Adjective

غُيُر • (ḡuyur) m pl

1. masculine plural of غَيُور (ḡayūr, “zealous, very jealous, very enthusiastic”)

Noun

غُيُر • (ḡuyur) m pl

1. plural of غَيُور (ḡayūr, “zealot”)

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “غير”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “غير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣeːr/, /ɡeːr/

Noun

غَيْر • (ḡēr) m (plural غيار (ḡayār))

1. (regional) gear

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣeːr/, [ɣeːr]

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Preposition

غير • (ḡēr)

1. except, apart from

   Synonyms: ما عدا (ma-ʕada), إلا (ʔilla)

2. other, another, else, different

   Synonym: تاني (tāni)

   اعطيني واحد غيره. ― aʕṭīni wāhed ḡēro ― Give me another one (instead).

3. un-, in-, dis- (turning the meaning of nouns and adjectives into the opposite)

   Synonym: مش (miš)

   غير مباشر ― ḡēr mubāšer ― indirect

   غير قانوني ― ḡēr qanūnī ― illegal, against the law

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaj.jar/, [ˈɣaj.jar]

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Verb

غيّر • (ḡayyar) II (present بغيّر (biḡayyer))

1. (transitive) to change, to alter