خیر

See also: خير, جير, چیز, خیز, جيز, and خ ي ر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Adverb

خیر • (hayr, hayır)

1. no

   Synonym: یوق (yok)

Descendants

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

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xajɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäjɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäjɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäjɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäjɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xejɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χäjɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xayr
Dari reading?	xayr
Iranian reading?	xeyr
Tajik reading?	xayr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Noun

خِیْر • (xeyr)

1. good

Descendants

• Dari: خَیْر (xayr)
• Iranian Persian: خِیْر (xeyr)
• Tajik: хайр (xayr)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: خەير (xeyr)
  • Uzbek: xayr
• → Gujarati: ખૈર (khair)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ैर (xair)

  Urdu: خَیر (xair)

• → Punjabi:

  → Gurmukhi script: ਖੈਰ (khair)

  → Shahmukhi script: خَیر (xair)

Etymology 2

Clipping of نه خیر (na xeyr).

Adverb

خِیْر • (xeyr)

1. (formal) no

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

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: خیر (hayır)

→ Turkish: hayır

Etymology 3

Noun

خِیْر • (xeyr)

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr), possibly via Classical Persian خَیْر (xayr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɛːɾ/

Interjection

خَیر • (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?

Noun

خَیر • (xair) f (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

1. well-being, health