Arabic edit

Root
ح ي ر (ḥ-y-r)

Etymology edit

From حَارَ (ḥāra, to be perplexed) + ـَان (-ān).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 [busayṭatu mahlan suqīti l-qiṭārā]:
      بُسَيْطَةُ مَهْلًا سُقِيتِ الْقِطَارَا / تَرَكْتِ عُيُونَ عَبِيدِي حَيَارَى
      busayṭatu mahlan suqīti l-qiṭārā / tarakti ʕuyūna ʕabīdī ḥayārā
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    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      زَادَتِ ٱلْأَشْجَانُ فِي ٱلْهَوَى ٱلْعُذْرِيِّ / وَأَنَا ٱلْحَيْرَانُ كَاتِمُ ٱلسِّرِّ
      zādati l-ʔašjānu fī l-hawā l-ʕuḏriyyi / waʔanā l-ḥayrānu kātimu s-sirri
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Declension edit

Descendants edit

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