hayır
See also: Hayır
Turkish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیر (hayr, hayır), ultimately shortened from Classical Persian نَخَیْر (naxayr, “no”), itself from نَه (na, “no”) + خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”). Partially replaced yok, although the latter is still more common.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
hayır
Interjection edit
hayır
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیر (hayır), from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”), same word as above.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hayır (definite accusative hayrı, plural hayırlar)
- good; prosperity
- profit, advantage
- charity
Descendants edit
- → Ladino: hayre
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 557
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “hayır”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hayır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “hayır”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı