حیثیت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حَيْثِيَّة (ḥayṯiyya).

Noun

حیثیت • (haysiyet)

1. honor, dignity
2. value

Derived terms

• حیثیتلی (haysiyetli)

Descendants

• Turkish: haysiyet

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “haysiyyet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 414
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْثِيَّة (ḥayṯiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /haj.sij.ˈjat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häj.si.jät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häj.si.jät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.si.jät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.si.jät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hejsi.jæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häj.si.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	haysiyyat
Dari reading?	haysiyat
Iranian reading?	heysiyat
Tajik reading?	haysiyat

Noun

حیثیت • (haysiyyat / heysiyat) (plural حیثیات, or حیثیت‌ها (haysiyyat-hā / heysiyat-hâ), Tajik spelling ҳайсият)

1. prestige, reputation, standing
2. respect, consideration, regard
3. respectability

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हैसियत (haisiyat)

  Urdu: حَیثِیَّت (haisiyyat)

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “حیثیت”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 149
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “حیثیت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حیثیت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim