حیران

See also: حيران and جيران

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān), 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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [haj.ɾɑːn]

 

• (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): [hejɹɒːn]

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

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

Adjective

حیران • (heyrân)

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 (heyrân mândan, “to be surprised”)

Descendants

• → Assamese: হায়ৰাণ (hayoran)
• → Bengali: হয়রান (hoẏoran)
• → Dogri: rhān

  Devanagari script: र्हान

  Dogra script: 𑠤𑠹𑠪𑠬𑠝

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

  Hindi: हैरान (hairān)

  Urdu: حَیران (hairān)

  • → Phalura:

    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

  Devanagari script: हैरानु

  Sindhi: 𑋞𑋦𑋙𑋠𑋑𑋣

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حیران (hairān), 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

• → Phalura:

  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, 2024.
• 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

Etymology

From Urdu حیران (hairān).

Adjective

حیران (herān)

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