حیران

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See also: حيران and جيران

Gojri

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)..

    Adjective

    حَیران (hairān) (indeclinable)

    1. perplexed; surprised; sad

    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)

    1. perplexed
    2. astonished

    Descendants

    • Turkish: hayran

    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? hayrān
      Dari reading? hayrān
      Iranian reading? heyrân
      Tajik reading? hayron

      Adjective

      حیران (heyrân)

      1. perplexed, confused
      2. astonished, astounded
        او چنان تند پشم می‌چیند، که همه حیران می‌مانندu čonân tond pašm mičinad, ke hame heyrân mimânandShe picks cotton so fast that everyone is astounded

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        حَیران (hairān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling हैरान)

        1. surprised, amazed, awed, speechless, shocked
          Synonyms: سَراسِیمَہ (sarāsīmā), بَھون٘چَکّا (bha͠ucakkā)
        2. 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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
        • 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

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Urdu حَیرَان (hairān), borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)..

          Adjective

          حیران (herān)

          1. surprised, amazed, awed, speechless, shocked
          2. flabbergasted, perplexed, confused, confused, baffled