حيران

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ح ي ر (ḥ-y-r)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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
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    • (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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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