হয়রান

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حیران (hayrān), from Arabic حَيْران (ḥayrān). Cognate with Assamese হয়ৰাণ (hoyoran), Odia ହଇରାଣ (hôiraṇô), Hindustani حیران (herān) / हैरान (hairān), Nepali हैरान (hairān), Gujarati હેરાન (herān), Gojri حیران (hairān), Marwari हेरान (herān), Malvi हेराण (herāṇ), Dogri र्हान (rhān), Marathi हैराण (hairāṇ), Punjabi ਹੈਰਾਨ (hairān), Sindhi حَيرَانُ (hairānu).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɦɔeɾan/, [ˈɦɔeɾan]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɦɔeɹan/, [ˈɦɔeɹan]

Adjective

হয়রান • (hoẏoran) (comparative আরও হয়রান, superlative সবচেয়ে হয়রান)

1. confused, bewildered, perplexed
2. annoyed, irritated, bored
3. harassed

Derived terms

• হয়রানি (hoẏrani)

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “hāẏarāna”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]