See also: غيرت

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

Noun

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غیرت (ğayret)

  1. labour
  2. effort
  3. struggle

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: gayret
  • Albanian: gajret
  • Armenian: խայրէթ (xayrētʻ)
  • Macedonian: гајрет (gajret)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ğayrat
Dari reading? ğayrat
Iranian reading? ğeyrat
Tajik reading? ġayrat

Noun

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Dari غَیرَت
Iranian Persian غِیرَت
Tajik ғайрат

غِیرَت (ğeyrat)

  1. "protective jealousy", honor, possessiveness; an emotion which drives one to protect one's family members from the other gender's attention and thereby defend one's pride and honor.
    Synonym: ناموس‌پرستی (nâmus-parasti)
    نصف شب تنها برم بیرون براش مهم نیس. شوهرم اصلا روم غیرت نداره :(
    nesf-e šab tanhâ beram birun barâš mohem nis. šowharam aslan rum ğeyrat na-dâre :(
    Even if I go out in the middle of the night, it doesn't matter for him. My husband has no gheyrat for me at all :(
    غیرت فقط واسه مرد نیست، یک زنم غیرت داره.
    ğeyrat faqat vâse mard nist, yek zan-am ğeyrat dâre.
    Gheyrat isn't just for men, a woman has gheyrat too.
  2. (by extension)
    1. a protective emotion towards one's community or nation
      من هم یک ایرانی هستم و روی وطنم غیرت دارم.
      man ham yek irâni hastam va ru-ye vatanam ğeyrat dâram.
      I am an Iranian too, and I feel protective of my motherland.
    2. the urge to stand up for someone vulnerable, innocent, or helpless
    3. any zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, fervency
      Synonyms: تعصب (ta'assob), حمیت (hamiyyat)

Usage notes

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  • This emotion can be considered a positive or negative one based on context, and tends to be associated (though not exclusively) with men.

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian غیرت (ğayrat), from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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غَیرَت (ġairatf (Hindi spelling ग़ैरत)

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

Declension

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

References

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  • غیرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • غیرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.