غیرت
See also: غيرت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).
Noun
غیرت • (ğayret)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra, “jealousy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣæjɾæt/
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Noun
غیرت • (ğeyrat)
- the tendency to control the female members of the family—and sometimes the clan, tribe, or motherland—and to protect them from sexual attention
- the desire to rise against oppression, or to defend the powerless
- being conjured to action for the sake of wounded pride or indignity
- zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, fervency
Synonyms
- تعصب (ta'assob)
- ناموسپرستی (nâmus-parasti)
- حمیت (hamiyyat)
Derived terms
- باغیرت (bâ-ğeyrat)
- بالاغیرتاً (bâlâ-ğeyratan)
- بالای غیرتت (bâlâ-ye-ğeyratet)
- به رگ غیرت کسی برخوردن (be rag-e ğeyrat-e kasi bar-xordan)
- به غیرت آوردن (be ğeyrat âvardan)
- بیغیرت (bê-ğeyrat)
- خوشغیرت (xoš-ğeyrat)
- غیرت به خرج دادن (ğeyrat be xarj dâdan)
- غیرت کردن (ğeyrat kardan)
- غیرت کشیدن (ğeyrat kešidan)
- غیرتمند (ğeyratmand)
- غیرتمندانه (ğeyratmandâne)
- غیرتمندی (ğeyratmandi)
- غیرتی (ğeyrati)
- غیرتکش (ğeyrat-keš)
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Urdu
Noun
غیرت • (ğayrat) ? (Hindi spelling ग़ैरत)
- the tendency to control the female members of the family—and sometimes the clan, tribe, or motherland—and to protect them from unwanted sexual attention
- the desire to rise against oppression, or to defend the powerless
- being conjured to action for the sake of wounded pride or indignity
- zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, fervency