خیر

From Persian خیر‎ (xeyr), from Arabic خَيْر‎ (ḵayr).

خیر • (hayr, hayır)

1. no

   Synonym: یوق‎ (yok)

• Turkish: hayır
• → Greek: χαΐρι (chaḯri)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /xajɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /xajɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /xejɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /xajɾ/

From Arabic خَيْر‎ (ḵayr).

خیر • (xeyr)

1. good

Clipping of نه خیر‎ (na xeyr).

خیر • (xeyr)

1. (formal) no

   Synonyms: نه‎ (na), (formal) نخیر‎ (na-xeyr), (formal) نه خیر‎ (na-xeyr)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ैर (xair)

  Urdu: خیر‎ (xair)

• → Ottoman Turkish: خیر‎ (hayır)

→ Turkish: hayır

• → Punjabi: ਖੈਰ (khair)

خیر • (xeyr)

1. (Dari, at least in Gardēz and Fayzābād) Alternative form of خیار‎ (xiyâr, “cucumber”)

From Arabic خَيْر‎ (ḵayr), possibly via Persian خیر‎ (xayr).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɛːɾ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /xɛːɾ/

خیر • (xair) (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

1. well, anyway

   ‏خیر، میں بہت اپنے بارے بات کر رہی ہوں، تمہارے وہاں کیا چل رہا ہے؟‎‎

   xair, ma͠i bahot apne bāre bāt kar rahī hū̃, tumhāre vahā̃ kyā cal rahā hai?

   Anyway, I'm talking a lot about myself, what's going on with you?

خیر • (xair) f (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

1. well-being, health