خیر

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Adverb

خیر • (hayr, hayır)

  1. no
    Synonym: یوق (yok)

Descendants

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

Persian

Pronunciation

 

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Noun

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خِیْر • (xeyr)

  1. good
Descendants

Etymology 2

Clipping of نه خیر (na xeyr).

Adverb

خِیْر • (xeyr)

  1. (formal) no
    Synonyms: نه (na), (formal) نخیر (na-xeyr), (formal) نه خیر (na-xeyr)
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خیر (hayır)
→ Turkish: hayır

Etymology 3

Noun

خِیْر • (xeyr)

  1. (Dari, at least in Gardēz and Fayzābād) Alternative form of خیار (xiyâr, “cucumber”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr), possibly via Classical Persian خَیْر (xayr).

Pronunciation

Interjection

خَیر • (xair) (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

  1. 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?

Noun

خَیر • (xair) f (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

  1. well-being, health
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