مخير

Arabic

Etymology

Past participle of خَيَّرَ‎ (ḵayyara, “to choose”)

Adjective

مُخَيَّر • (muḵayyar) (feminine مُخَيَّرَة‎ (muḵayyara), masculine plural مُخَيَّرُونَ‎ (muḵayyarūna), feminine plural مُخَيَّرَات‎ (muḵayyarāt))

having the choice or option
(philosophy) having free will
Antonym: مُسَيَّر‎ (musayyar)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: müxəyyər
→ Italian: mocaiardo, mocaiarro
- → English: mocayre, mohair
  - → French: moire (semi-learned), → mohair
    - → Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), → moire
  - → Italian: mohair
  - → Japanese: モヘア (mohea)
  - → Portuguese: mohair
  - → Russian: мохе́р (moxér)
  - → Spanish: mohair
  - ⇒ Chinese:
    - Mandarin: 馬海毛／马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)/马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)
    - Cantonese: 馬海毛／马海毛 (maa⁵ hoi² mou⁴)
- → French: moucayar, moucayard, mocayar, mocaiar
→ Middle Armenian: մուխայեար (muxayear)
- Armenian: մուխայար (muxayar)
→ Old East Slavic: мухояръ (muxojarŭ)
- Russian: мухоя́р (muxojár)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مخیر‎ (muhayyer)
- Turkish: muhayyer
→ Persian: مخیر‎ (moxayyar)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “خير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 309