Compareغَارَ(ḡāra,“to bejealous, todisplayzeal”).

• IPA^(key): /ɣajr/

غَيْر• (ḡayr) m

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

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

      هَل عِنْدَكَ أَصْدِقَاءُغَيْرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ؟

      hal ʕindaka ʔaṣdiqāʔuḡayru hāʔulāʔi?

      Do you have any friends other than these?

      رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًاغَيْرَهُ ―raʔaytu rajulanḡayrahu ―I saw a man other than him.

      • 609–632CE,Qur'an,6:68:

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

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   2. except,save,but

      لَا أُرِيدُغَيْرَ ذٰلِكَ.

      lā ʔurīduḡayra ḏālika.

      I want only this.

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

      وَصَلَ الْمُسَافِرُونَغَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ.

      waṣala l-musāfirūnaḡayra wāḥidin.

      All the travellers arrived but one.

      • 609–632CE,Qur'an,7:59:

        لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍغَيْرُهُ 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 ―notgood

      هَٰذَاغَيْرُ قَانُونِيٍّ ―hāḏāḡayru qānūniyyin ―This isillegal

      يَكُونُغَيْرَ قَانُونِيٍّ ―yakūnuḡayra qānūniyyin ―It isillegal

      هٰذَا الْمَحَلٌّ غَيْرُ مَفْتُوحٍ لِلنَاسِغَيْرِ الْمُتَحَضَّرِينَ وَالمُتَوَحِّشِينَ

      hāḏā l-maḥallun ḡayru maftūḥin li-n-nāsiḡayri 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.”)

   • 609–632CE,Qur'an,95:6:

     إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌغَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

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

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

2. (indefinite stateاَلْغَيْر(al-ḡayr)):
   1. someone orsomethingelse; someone or something other than;other; others
   2. (law)third party

• إِلَّا(ʔillā),سِوَى(siwā),دُونَ(dūna),إِلَّا(ʔillā),عَدَا(ʕadā),خَلَا(ḵalā),حَاشَا(ḥāšā)

• Maltese:għajr
• → Azerbaijani:qeyr
• → Classical Persian:غَیْر(ğayr)
  • → Chagatai:غیر
    • Uyghur:غەير(gheyr)
    • Uzbek:gʻayr
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi:ग़ैर(ġair)

    Urdu:غَیر(ġair)

  • → Turkmen:gaýr
• → Ladino:(Haketia)gher
• → Ottoman Turkish:غیر(gayr)
  • Turkish:gayr

• IPA^(key): /ɣaj.ja.ra/

غَيَّرَ• (ḡayyara)II (non-pastيُغَيِّرُ(yuḡayyiru),verbal nounتَغْيِير(taḡyīr))

1. (transitive) tochange, toalter
   • 609–632CE,Qur'an,13:11:

     إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ لَايُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىيُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ

     ʔinna llāha lāyuḡayyiru mā biqawmin ḥattāyuḡayyirū mā biʔanfusihim

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ɣu.jur/

غُيُر• (ḡuyur) m pl

1. masculineplural ofغَيُور(ḡayūr,“zealous, veryjealous, veryenthusiastic”)

غُيُر• (ḡuyur) m pl

1. plural ofغَيُور(ḡayūr,“zealot”)

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “غير”, inБольшой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition,Москва:Живой язык,→ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غير”, inArabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “غير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor,A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

FromEnglishgear.

• IPA^(key): /ɣeːr/,/ɡeːr/

غَيْر• (ḡēr) m (pluralغيار(ḡayār))

1. (regional)gear

غير• (ḡayr, ḡēr)

1. (definite) other than

   ما عنا غير القرايب. ―ma ʿinna ḡayr li-'rāyib. ―We have nobody but the relatives.

2. (indefinite) other

   Synonyms:آخر(ʔāḵar),(only these can be used in definite construction)تاني(tēni)

   ما عنا غير قرايب. ―ma ʿinna ḡayr 'rāyib. ―We don't have other relatives.

FromArabicغَيْر(ḡayr).

• IPA^(key): /ɣeːr/,[ɣeːr]

• Audio(Jerusalem):

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غير• (ḡēr)

1. except,apart from

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

2. other,another,else,different

   Synonym:تاني(tāni)

   اعطينيواحدغيره. ―aʕṭīni wāhedḡēro ―Give meanother one (instead).

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

   Synonym:مش(miš)

   غيرمباشر ―ḡēr mubāšer ―indirect

   غيرقانوني ―ḡēr qanūnī ―illegal, against the law

FromArabicغَيَّرَ(ḡayyara).

• IPA^(key): /ɣaj.jar/,[ˈɣaj.jar]

• Audio(al-Lidd):

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غيّر• (ḡayyar)II (presentبغيّر(biḡayyer))

1. (transitive) tochange, toalter

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