غیرت
See also: غيرت
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).
Noun
editغیرت • (ğayret)
Derived terms
edit- غیرتلو (gayretli)
Descendants
editPersian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɣaj.ˈɾat]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qej.ɹǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʁäj.ɾǽt̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ğayrat |
Dari reading? | ğayrat |
Iranian reading? | ğeyrat |
Tajik reading? | ġayrat |
Noun
editDari | غَیرَت |
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Iranian Persian | غِیرَت |
Tajik | ғайрат |
غِیرَت • (ğeyrat)
- "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.
- (by extension)
- 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.
- the urge to stand up for someone vulnerable, innocent, or helpless
- any zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, fervency
- a protective emotion towards one's community or nation
Usage notes
edit- This emotion can be considered a positive or negative one based on context, and tends to be associated (though not exclusively) with men.
Derived terms
edit- 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)
- غیرتمند (ğeyratmand)
- غیرتمندانه (ğeyratmandâne)
- غیرتمندی (ğeyratmandi)
- غیرتی (ğeyrati)
- غیرتکش (ğeyrat-keš)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Armenian: ղեյրաթ (ġeyratʻ)
- → Azerbaijani: qeyrət
- → Bashkir: ғәйрәт (ğəyrət)
- → Kazakh: қайрат (qairat)
- → Ottoman Turkish: غیرت (ğayret)
- → Hindustani:
See also
editUrdu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian غیرت (ğayrat), from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɣɛː.ɾət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: غَے‧رَت
Noun
editغَیرَت • (ġairat) f (Hindi spelling ग़ैरत)
- (one's) honour, prestige (self-respect)
- (to have) shame
Declension
editDeclension of غیرت | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | غیرت (ġairat) | غیرتیں (ġairatẽ) |
oblique | غیرت (ġairat) | غیرتوں (ġairatõ) |
vocative | غیرت (ġairat) | غیرتو (ġairato) |
References
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- Rhymes:Urdu/ət̪
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