غيرة

Arabic

Root
غ ي ر (ḡ-y-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaj.ra/

Noun

غَيْرة • (ḡayra) f

1. verbal noun of غَارَ (ḡāra, “to be jealous”) (form I)
2. jealousy

   الْغَيْرَةُ غَالِبًا مَا تَنْبَعُ مِن مَشَاعِرِ الْنُّقْصِ أَوْ قِلَّةِ تَقْدِيرِ لِلْذَّاتِ، وَمُقَارَنَةُ الشَّخْصِ بِنَفْسِهِ بِاِسْتِمْرَارِ مَعَ الْآخَرِينَ وَالْشُّعُورِ بِأَنَّ لَدَيْهِمُ الْمَزِيدِ أَوْ أَفْضَلِ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُؤْدِيَ إِلَى مَشَاكِلِ إِضَافِيَّةٍ فِي مَجَالِ تَقْدِيرِ الذَّاتِ.

   al-ḡayratu ḡāliban mā tanbaʕu min mašāʕiri l-nnuqṣi ʔaw qillati taqdīri lilḏḏāti, wamuqāranatu š-šaḵṣi binafsihi biistimrāri maʕa l-ʔāḵarīna wālššuʕūri biʔanna ladayhimu l-mazīdi ʔaw ʔafḍali yumkinu ʔan yuʔdiya ʔilā mašākili ʔiḍāfiyyatin fī majāli taqdīri ḏ-ḏāti.

   Jealousy often stems from feelings of inadequacy or low self-esteem, and constantly comparing oneself to others and feeling that others have more or are better can lead to further self-esteem issues.

3. zeal, fervor
4. solicitude: followed by عَلَى (ʕalā, “for”)
5. sense of honor, self-respect

Declension

Declension of noun غَيْرة (ḡayra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَيْرة ḡayra	الْغَيْرة al-ḡayra	غَيْرة ḡayrat
Nominative	غَيْرةٌ ḡayratun	الْغَيْرةُ al-ḡayratu	غَيْرةُ ḡayratu
Accusative	غَيْرةً ḡayratan	الْغَيْرةَ al-ḡayrata	غَيْرةَ ḡayrata
Genitive	غَيْرةٍ ḡayratin	الْغَيْرةِ al-ḡayrati	غَيْرةِ ḡayrati

Descendants

• → Malay: gairah
  • Indonesian: gairah
• → Persian: غیرت (ğeyrat)
  • → Armenian: ղեյրաթ (ġeyratʻ)
  • → Azerbaijani: qeyrət
  • → Bashkir: ғәйрәт (ğəyrət)
  • → Kazakh: қайрат (qairat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: غیرت (ğayret)
    • Turkish: gayret
    • → Albanian: gajret
    • → Armenian: խայրէթ (xayrētʻ)
    • → Macedonian: гајрет (gajret)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ग़ैरत (ġairat)

    Urdu: غیرت (ġairat)

• → Turkmen: gaýrat
• → Uyghur: غەيرەت (gheyret)
• → Uzbek: gʻayrat

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غار (غير)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ي ر
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic غَيْرة (ḡayra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣiː.re/, [ˈɣiː.re]
• IPA^(key): /ɣiː.ra/, [ˈɣiː.ra]

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Noun

غيرة • (ḡīre) f

1. jealousy, envy

   Synonym: حسد (ḥasad)