غیرت

See also: غيرت‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة‎ (ḡayra).

Noun

غیرت • (ğayret)

  1. labour
  2. effort
  3. struggle

Derived terms
  • غیرتلو‎ (gayretli)

Descendants
  • Turkish: gayret
  • → Albanian: gajret
  • → Armenian: խայրէթ (xayrētʿ)
  • → Macedonian: гајрет (gajret)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة‎ (ḡayra).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɣajˈɾat/

Noun
Dari غَیرَت
Iranian Persian غِیرَت
Tajik ғайрат (ġayrat)

غِیرَت • (ğeyrat)

  1. the tendency to control the female members of the family—and sometimes the clan, tribe, or motherland—and to protect them from sexual attention
  2. the desire to rise against oppression, or to defend the powerless
  3. being conjured to action for the sake of wounded pride or indignity
  4. zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, fervency

Synonyms
  • تعصب‎ (ta'assob)
  • ناموس‌پرستی‎ (nâmus-parasti)
  • حمیت‎ (hamiyyat)

Derived terms
  • باغیرت‎ (bâ-ğeyrat)
  • بالاغیرتاً‎ (bâlâ-ğeyratan)
  • بالای غیرتت‎ (bâlâ-ye-ğeyratet)
  • به رگ غیرت کسی برخوردن‎ (be rag-e ğeyrat-e kasi bar-xordan)
  • به غیرت آوردن‎ (be ğeyrat âvardan)
  • بی‌غیرت‎ (bê-ğeyrat)
  • خوش‌غیرت‎ (xoš-ğeyrat)
  • غیرت به خرج دادن‎ (ğeyrat be xarj dâdan)
  • غیرت کردن‎ (ğeyrat kardan)
  • غیرت کشیدن‎ (ğeyrat kešidan)
  • غیرتمندانه‎ (ğeyratmandâne)
  • غیرتمندی‎ (ğeyratmandi)
  • غیرتمند‎ (ğeyratmand)
  • غیرتی‎ (ğeyrati)
  • غیرت‌کش‎ (ğeyrat-keš)
  • غیور‎ (ğayur)
  • غیورانه‎ (ğayurâne)
  • غیورمرد‎ (ğayur-mard)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: ղեյրաթ (łeyratʿ)
  • → Azerbaijani: qeyrət
  • → Bashkir: ғәйрәт (ğäyrät)
  • → Kazakh: қайрат (qairat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: غیرت‎ (ğayret)
    • Turkish: gayret
    • → Albanian: gajret
    • → Armenian: խայրէթ (xayrētʿ)
    • → Macedonian: гајрет (gajret)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ग़ैरत (ġairat)
    Urdu: غیرت‎ (ġairat)

See also
  • Appendix:Terms considered difficult or impossible to translate into English

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian غیرت‎ (ğeyrat), from Arabic غَيْرَة‎ (ḡayra).

Pronunciation

Noun

غَیرَت • (ġairat) f (Hindi spelling ग़ैरत)

  1. (one's) honour, prestige (self-respect)
  2. (to have) shame

Declension
Declension of غیرت
singular plural
direct غیرت‎ (ġairat) غیرتیں‎ (ġairatẽ)
oblique غیرت‎ (ġairat) غیرتوں‎ (ġairatõ)
vocative غیرت‎ (ġairat) غیرتو‎ (ġairato)

References
  • “غیرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “غیرت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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