حیران

See also: حيران and جيران

Chagatai

Alternative forms

• 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾂 (ʾʾyrʾṅ /⁠hayran⁠/) — Old Uyghur script

Etymology

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Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān)bor.

Chagatai حیران

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)..

Adjective

حیران • (ḥyrān /häyrān/) (comparative حیران‌راق (/⁠häyrānraq⁠/))

1. astonished, amazed, astounded

   حیران بولماق ― ḥyrān bwlmāq /häyrān bolmaq/ ― to be or become astonished

   حیران اولماق ― ḥyrān ʾwlmāq /häyrān olmaq/ ― to be or become astonished

   حیران قالماق ― ḥyrān qālmāq /häyrān qalmaq/ ― to be taken aback

   • 15th Century, Seikhzada Atayi, edited by Köktekin, Kâzım, دیوان شیخ‌زاده آتایی [dīwān-ı šäyxzādä ātāyi, Diwan of Sheikhzada Atayi], Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, published 2019, →ISBN, page 90:

     کاه کاهی ایل کوروب حسنونکنی حیران بولسه‌لار
     مین سینی کورکان‌سایین ارتار بورونغی حیرتیم

     kāh kāhy ʾyl kwrwb ḥsnwnkny ḥyrān bwlsh-lār
     myn syny kwrkān-sāyyn ʾrtār bwrwnġy ḥyrtym

     /gāh gāhī el körüp hüsnüŋni häyrān bolsalar
     men seni körgänsäyin artar burunġı häyrätim/

     now and then, may the others see your beauty and be amazed
     let me desire you, [and] my previous amazement increases

Derived terms

• حیران ایتماک (ḥyrān ʾytmāk /⁠häyrān etmäk⁠/, “to astonish”)
• حیران ایلاماک (ḥyrān ʾylāmāk /⁠häyrān äylämäk⁠/, “to astonish”)
• حیران قیلماق (ḥyrān qylmāq /⁠häyrān qılmaq⁠/, “to astonish”)
• حیرانچه (ḥyrānčh /⁠häyrānča⁠/, “in an amazed manner”)
• حیران‌لیق (ḥyrān-lyq /⁠häyrānlıq⁠/, “astonishment”)

Related terms

Chagatai terms derived from the Arabic root ح ي ر (0 c, 2 e)

Descendants

• Uyghur: ھەيران (heyran)
• Uzbek: hayron

Further reading

• Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎^[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN
• Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN

Gojri

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Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān)bor.

Gojri حیران

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)..

Adjective

حَیران (hairān) (indeclinable)

1. perplexed; surprised; sad

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018), Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 208.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).

Adjective

حیران • (heyrân)

1. perplexed
2. astonished

Descendants

• Turkish: hayran
• → Armenian: հայրան (hayran), հեյրան / հէյրան (heyran)

Persian

Etymology

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Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Persian حیران

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hej.ɹɒːn]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	hayrān
Dari reading?	hayrān
Iranian reading?	heyrân
Tajik reading?	hayron

Adjective

حیران • (hayrān / heyrân) (Tajik spelling ҳайрон)

1. perplexed, confused
2. astonished, astounded

   او چنان تند پشم می‌چیند، که همه حیران می‌مانند ― u čonân tond pašm mičinad, ke hame heyrân mimânand ― She picks cotton so fast that everyone is astounded

Derived terms

• حیران ماندن (hayrān māndan / heyrân mândan, “to be surprised”)

Descendants

• → Assamese: হায়ৰাণ (hayoran)
• → Bengali: হয়রান (hoẏoran)
• → Chagatai: حیران (ḥyrān /⁠häyrān⁠/), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾂 (ʾʾyrʾṅ /⁠hayran⁠/) — Old Uyghur script
  • Uyghur: ھەيران (heyran)
  • Uzbek: hayron
• → Dogri: rhān

  Devanagari script: र्हान

  Dogra script: 𑠤𑠹𑠪𑠬𑠝

• → Gojri: حَیران (hairān)
• → Gujarati: હેરાન (herān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हैरान (hairān)

  Urdu: حَیران (hairān)

  • → Palula:

    Arabic script: حئیران

    Latin script: hairaán

  • → Ushojo: حیران

• → Kannada: ಹೈರಾಣ (hairāṇa)
• → Malvi: हेराण (herāṇ)
• → Marathi: हैराण (hairāṇ)
• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: हेरान (herān)

  Mahajani script: 𑅱𑅓𑅭𑅧 (hern)

• → Nepali: हैरान (hairān)
• → Odia: ହଇରାଣ (hairāṇa)
• → Old Punjabi: ਹੈਰਾਨੁ (hairānu)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਹੈਰਾਨ (hairān)

    Shahmukhi script: حَیران (ḥairān)

• → Sindhi: hairānu

  Arabic script: حَيرَانُ (ḥairānu)

  Devanagari script: हैरानु

  Sindhi: 𑋞𑋦𑋙𑋠𑋑𑋣

• → Telugu: హైరాను (hairānu)
• → Turkmen: haýran
• → Ushojo: حیران (herān)
• → Varhadi: हैरान (hairān)

Urdu

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Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān)bor.

Urdu حَیران

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɛː.ɾɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: حَے‧ران

Adjective

حَیران • (hairān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling हैरान)

1. surprised, amazed, awed, speechless, shocked

   Synonyms: سَراسِیمَہ (sarāsīmā), بَھون٘چَکّا (bha͠ucakkā)

2. flabbergasted, perplexed, confused, confused, baffled

Descendants

• → Palula:

  Arabic script: حئیران

  Latin script: hairaán

• → Ushojo: حیران

References

• “حیران”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “حيران”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 279
• “حیران”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “ḥairān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 483
• John Shakespear (1834), “ḥairān”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 787

Ushojo

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Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān)bor.

Urdu حَیرَان (hairān)bor.

Ushojo حیران

Borrowed from Urdu حَیرَان (hairān), borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)..

Adjective

حیران (herān)

1. surprised, amazed, awed, speechless, shocked
2. flabbergasted, perplexed, confused, confused, baffled