حيران

Arabic

Root
ح ي ر (ḥ-y-r)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaj.raːn/

Adjective

حَيْرَان (ḥayrān) (feminine حَيْرَى (ḥayrā), common plural حَيَارَى (ḥayārā), elative أَحْيَر (ʔaḥyar))
حَيْرَان (ḥayrān) (feminine حَيْرَانَة (ḥayrāna), masculine plural حَيْرَانُون (ḥayrānūn), elative أَحْيَر (ʔaḥyar))

  1. perplexed, confounded, astonished
    • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, بُسَيْطَةُ مَهْلًا سُقِيتِ الْقِطَارَا:
      بُسَيْطَةُ مَهْلًا سُقِيتِ الْقِطَارَا / تَرَكْتِ عُيُونَ عَبِيدِي حَيَارَى
      busayṭatu mahlan suqīti l-qiṭārā / tarakti ʕuyūna ʕabīdī ḥayārā
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: heyran
  • Persian: حیران (heyrân) (see there for further descendants)
  • Ottoman Turkish: حیران (heyrân)
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