حیران
Gojri
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)..
Adjective
حَیران (hairān) (indeclinable)
Further reading
- Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 208.
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).
Adjective
حیران • (heyrân)
Descendants
- Turkish: hayran
Persian
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Persian حیران
Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /haj.ˈɾaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [häj.ɾɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hej.ɹɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [häj.ɾɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hayrān |
| Dari reading? | hayrān |
| Iranian reading? | heyrân |
| Tajik reading? | hayron |
Adjective
حیران • (heyrân)
- perplexed, confused
- astonished, astounded
- او چنان تند پشم میچیند، که همه حیران میمانند ― u čonân tond pašm mičinad, ke hame heyrân mimânand ― She picks cotton so fast that everyone is astounded
Derived terms
- حیران ماندن (heyrân mândan, “to be surprised”)
Descendants
- → Assamese: হায়ৰাণ (hayoran)
- → Bengali: হয়রান (hoẏoran)
- → Dogri: rhān
- Devanagari script: र्हान
- Dogra script: 𑠤𑠹𑠪𑠬𑠝
- → Gojri: حَیران (hairān)
- → Gujarati: હેરાન (herān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kannada: ಹೈರಾಣ (hairāṇa)
- → Malvi: हेराण (herāṇ)
- → Marathi: हैराण (hairāṇ)
- → Marwari:
- Devanagari script: हेरान (herān)
- Mahajani script: 𑅱𑅓𑅭𑅧 (hern)
- → Nepali: हैरान (hairān)
- → Odia: ହଇରାଣ (hairāṇa)
- → Old Punjabi: ਹੈਰਾਨੁ (hairānu)
- → Sindhi: hairānu
- Arabic script: حَيرَانُ
- Devanagari script: हैरानु
- Sindhi: 𑋞𑋦𑋙𑋠𑋑𑋣
- → Telugu: హైరాను (hairānu)
- → Ushojo: حیران (herān)
- → Varhadi: हैरान (hairān)
Urdu
Etymology
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Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɛː.ɾɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: حَے‧ران
Adjective
حَیران • (hairān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling हैरान)
- surprised, amazed, awed, speechless, shocked
- Synonyms: سَراسِیمَہ (sarāsīmā), بَھون٘چَکّا (bha͠ucakkā)
- flabbergasted, perplexed, confused, confused, baffled
Descendants
References
- “حیران”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حيران”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 279
- “حیران”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ḥairān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 483
- John Shakespear (1834) “ḥairān”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 787
Ushojo
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Borrowed from Urdu حَیرَان (hairān), borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)..
Adjective
حیران (herān)