أٞتْغَرَّب
etγárrab
basic morphological information

v.

to work in a foreign country
работать за границей
إغترب
text examples

wa-ˀetγárrab ḷe-ḥa be-rínhem áḷḷa áˁľam óˀo de beľád wa-ḥédom ḷe-nhɔfš ‘He went beyond the sea to work in a foreign land — God knows best which country that was! — and he worked for his own benefit.’ (CSOL I 1:3)

other notes

Other derivates from the same Arabic root: estaγrabéyt ‘I was surprised’ (CSOL I 18:10), γarb ‘west’ (CSOL II 11:15), γarbíyya ‘western’ (CSOL II 11:27), múγrab/múγreb ‘sunset, evening, evening prayer’ (CSOL I 6:18).

etymology

An Arabism (Wehr 668, Behnstedt 895)