حيران

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Arabic

Root
ح ي ر (ḥ y r)
10 terms

Etymology

From حَارَ (ḥāra, to be perplexed) + ـَان (-ān).

Pronunciation

Adjective

حَيْرَان (ḥayrān) (feminine حَيْرَى (ḥayrā), common plural حَيَارَى (ḥayārā), elative أَحْيَر (ʔaḥyar))
حَيْرَان (ḥayrān) (feminine حَيْرَانَة (ḥayrāna), masculine plural حَيْرَانُون (ḥayrānūn), elative أَحْيَر (ʔaḥyar))

  1. perplexed, confounded, astonished
    • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, بُسَيْطَةُ مَهْلًا سُقِيتِ الْقِطَارَا [busayṭatu mahlan suqīti l-qiṭārā]:
      بُسَيْطَةُ مَهْلًا سُقِيتِ الْقِطَارَا / تَرَكْتِ عُيُونَ عَبِيدِي حَيَارَى
      busayṭatu mahlan suqīti l-qiṭārā / tarakti ʕuyūna ʕabīdī ḥayārā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      زَادَتِ ٱلْأَشْجَانُ فِي ٱلْهَوَى ٱلْعُذْرِيِّ / وَأَنَا ٱلْحَيْرَانُ كَاتِمُ ٱلسِّرِّ
      zādati l-ʔašjānu fī l-hawā l-ʕuḏriyyi / waʔanā l-ḥayrānu kātimu s-sirri
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: հեյրան (heyran)
  • Azerbaijani: heyran
  • Classical Persian: حیران (hayrān) (see there for further descendants)
  • Ottoman Turkish: حیران (heyrân)

Malay

Noun

حيران (plural حيران-حيران or حيران۲, informal 1st possessive حيرانکو, 2nd possessive حيرانمو, 3rd possessive حيرانڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of heran