خیر

See also: خير, جير, چیز, خیز, جيز, and خ ي ر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (xeyr), from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Adverb

خیر • (hayr, hayır)

no
Synonym: یوق (yok)

Descendants

Turkish: hayır
→ Greek: χαΐρι (chaḯri)
→ Ladino: hayre

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈxajɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäjɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäjɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäjɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xejɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χäjɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xayr
Dari reading^?	xayr
Iranian reading^?	xeyr
Tajik reading^?	xayr

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr)bor.

Persian

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Noun

خیر • (xeyr)

good

Descendants

Dari: خَیْر (xayr)
Iranian Persian: خِیْر (xeyr)
Tajik: хайр (xayr)
→ Chagatai:
- Uyghur: خەير (xeyr)
- Uzbek: xayr
→ Gujarati: ખૈર (khair)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ख़ैर (xair)

Urdu: خَیر (xair)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਖੈਰ (khair)

Shahmukhi script: خَیر (xair)

Etymology 2

Clipping of (na xeyr).

Adverb

خیر • (xeyr)

(formal) no
Synonyms: نه (na), (formal) نخیر (na-xeyr), (formal) نه خیر (na-xeyr)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: خیر (hayır)
- Turkish: hayır

Etymology 3

Noun

خیر • (xeyr)

(Dari, at least in Gardēz and Fayzābād) alternative form of (xiyâr, “cucumber”)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr)bor.

Classical Persian (xayr)bor.

Urdu خَیر (xair)

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xayr), borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɛːɾ/

Interjection

خَیر • (xair) (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

well, anyway
خیر، میں بہت اپنے بارے بات کر رہی ہوں، تمہارے وہاں کیا چل رہا ہے؟
xair, ma͠i bahot apne bāre bāt kar rahī hū̃, tumhāre vahā̃ kyā cal rahā hai?
Anyway, I'm talking a lot about myself, what's going on with you?
no

Noun

خَیر • (xair) f (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

well-being, health