غیرت

See also: غيرت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

Noun

غیرت • (ğayret)

1. labour
2. effort
3. struggle

Derived terms

• غیرتلو (gayretli)

Descendants

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣaj.ˈɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäj.ɾǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäj.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣäj.ɾǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣäj.ɾǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qej.ɹǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁäj.ɾǽt̪]

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

Noun

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

• 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

• 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

• غیور (ğayur)
• غیورانه (ğayurâne)
• غیورمرد (ğayur-mard)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ղեյրաթ (ġeyratʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: qeyrət
• → Bashkir: ғәйрәт (ğəyrət)
• → Kazakh: қайрат (qairat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: غیرت (ğayret)
  • Turkish: gayret
  • → Albanian: gajret
  • → Armenian: խայրէթ (xayrētʻ)
  • → Macedonian: гајрет (gajret)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ग़ैरत (ġairat)

  Urdu: غیرت (ġairat)

See also

• Appendix:Terms considered difficult or impossible to translate into English

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣɛː.ɾət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: غَے‧رَت

Noun

غَیرَت • (ġairat) f (Hindi spelling ग़ैरत)

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

Declension

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

References

• “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.