hayır

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Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیر (hayr, hayır), ultimately shortened from Classical Persian نَخَیْر (naxayr, “no”), itself from نَه (na, “no”) + خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”). Partially replaced yok, although the latter is still more common.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (standard) , (some speakers)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧yır

Particle

hayır

  1. no, nope
    Öğretmen misin? — Hayır.
    Are you a teacher? — No.

Interjection

hayır

  1. no
    Synonym: yok
    Antonym: evet
    Hayır! Yapma!
    No! Don't do it!

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیر (hayır), from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”), same word as above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ha‧yır

Noun

hayır (definite accusative hayrı, plural hayırlar)

  1. good; prosperity
  2. profit, advantage
  3. charity
Descendants
  • → Ladino: hayre

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 557
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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