hayret

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حیرت, from Arabic حَيْرَة (ḥayra).

Noun

hayret (definite accusative hayreti, plural hayretler)

1. surprise, astonishment, amazement

See also

• acaba
• acep

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hayret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حیرت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 815