مخير

Arabic

Etymology

Past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”)

Adjective

مُخَيَّر • (muḵayyar) (feminine مُخَيَّرَة (muḵayyara), masculine plural مُخَيَّرُونَ (muḵayyarūna), feminine plural مُخَيَّرَات (muḵayyarāt))

1. having the choice or option
2. (philosophy) having free will

   Antonym: مُسَيَّر (musayyar)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müxəyyər
• → Italian: mocaiardo, mocaiarro
  • → English: mocayre, mohair
    • → French: moire (semi-learned), → mohair
      • → Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), → moire
    • → Italian: mohair
    • → Japanese: モヘア (mohea)
    • → Portuguese: mohair
    • → Russian: мохе́р (moxér)
    • → Spanish: mohair
    • ⇒ Chinese:
      • Mandarin: 馬海毛／马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)/马海毛 (mǎhǎimáo)
      • Cantonese: 馬海毛／马海毛 (maa⁵ hoi² mou⁴)
  • → French: moucayar, moucayard, mocayar, mocaiar
• → Middle Armenian: մուխայեար (muxayear)
  • Armenian: մուխայար (muxayar)
• → Old East Slavic: мухояръ (muxojarŭ)
  • Russian: мухоя́р (muxojár)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مخیر (muhayyer)
  • Turkish: muhayyer
• → Persian: مخیر (moxayyar)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “خير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 309

Further reading

• Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 1497, page 120a