حیرت

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Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَة (ḥayra).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? hayrat
    Dari reading? hayrat
    Iranian reading? heyrat
    Tajik reading? hayrat

    Noun

    حیرت • (heyrat)

    1. astonishment; amazement; surprise
      Synonyms: شگفتی (šegefti), تعجب (ta'ajjob), بهت (boht)

    Descendants

    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: हैरत (hairat)
      Urdu: حیرت (hairat)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: حیرت
    • → Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਹੈਰਤ (hairat)
      Shahmukhi script: حیرت (hairat)

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic حَيْرَة (ḥayra)bor.
      Classical Persian حَیرَت (hayrat)bor.
      Urdu حَیرَت (hairat)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَت (hayrat), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَة (ḥayra).[1] First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi حیرت (ḥyrt /⁠hairat⁠/).[2]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      حَیرَت • (hairat) f (Hindi spelling हैरत)

      1. astonishment; amazement; surprise; wonder
        Synonyms: تَعَجُّب (ta'ajjub), حَیرَانی (hairānī)
      2. perplexity; consternation

      Declension

          Declension of حیرت
      singular plural
      direct حَیرَت (hairat) حَیرَتیں (hairatẽ)
      oblique حَیرَت (hairat) حَیرَتوں (hairatõ)
      vocative حَیرَت (hairat) حَیرَتو (hairato)

      References

      1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “حيرت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 483
      2. ^ “حیرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

      • “حیرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “حیرت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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