حیرت

Chagatai

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَت (hayrat), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَة (ḥayra).

    Noun

    حیرت • (ḥyrt /häyrät/)

    1. astonishment, amazement, surprise
      Synonym: حیران‌لیق (ḥyrān-lyq /⁠häyrānlıq⁠/)
      حیرت ابرارḥyrt ʾbrār /häyrät äbrār/ ― astonishment of the good people
      • 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

    • حیرت الفقها (ḥyrt ʾlfqhā /⁠häyrätü-lfüqähā⁠/, religious ruling)
    • حیرت انکیز (ḥyrt ʾnkyz /⁠häyrät ängīz⁠/, astonishing)
    • حیرت ایتماک (ḥyrt ʾytmāk /⁠häyrät etmäk⁠/, to be amazed, surprised, astonished)
    • حیرت ایلاماک (ḥyrt ʾylāmāk /⁠häyrät äylämäk⁠/, to be amazed, surprised, astonished)
    • حیرت فیزای (ḥyrt fyzāy /⁠häyrät fīzāy⁠/, astonishing)
    • حیرت قیلماق (ḥyrt qylmāq /⁠häyrät qılmaq⁠/, to be amazed, surprised, astonished)
    Chagatai terms derived from the Arabic root ح ي ر (0 c, 2 e)

    Descendants

    • Uzbek: hayrat

    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, page 721
    • Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 453

    Ottoman Turkish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَة (ḥayra).

      Noun

      حیرت • (hayret) (definite accusative حیرتی (hayreti))

      1. astonishment, amazement, surprise
        Synonym: شاشقینلق (şaşkınlık)
        حیرت براقمقhayret bırakmakto cast into astonishment
        حیرتده قالمقhayretde kalmakto remain plunged in amazement

      Declension

      Declension of حیرت (hayret)
      singular plural
      nominative حیرت (hayret)
      definite accusative حیرتی (hayreti)
      dative حیرته (hayrete)
      locative حیرتده (hayretde)
      ablative حیرتدن (hayretden)
      genitive حیرتك (hayretiñ)
      Possessive forms
      1st person singular
      singular plural
      nominative حیرتم (hayretim)
      definite accusative حیرتمی (hayretimi)
      dative حیرتمه (hayretime)
      locative حیرتمده (hayretimde)
      ablative حیرتمدن (hayretimden)
      genitive حیرتمك (hayretimiñ)
      2nd person singular
      singular plural
      nominative حیرتك (hayretiñ)
      definite accusative حیرتكی (hayretiñi)
      dative حیرتكه (hayretiñe)
      locative حیرتكده (hayretiñde)
      ablative حیرتكدن (hayretiñden)
      genitive حیرتكك (hayretiñiñ)
      3rd person singular
      singular plural
      nominative حیرتی (hayreti)
      definite accusative حیرتنی (hayretini)
      dative حیرتنه (hayretine)
      locative حیرتنده (hayretinde)
      ablative حیرتندن (hayretinden)
      genitive حیرتنك (hayretiniñ)
      1st person plural
      singular plural
      nominative حیرتمز (hayretimiz)
      definite accusative حیرتمزی (hayretimizi)
      dative حیرتمزه (hayretimize)
      locative حیرتمزده (hayretimizde)
      ablative حیرتمزدن (hayretimizden)
      genitive حیرتمزك (hayretimiziñ)
      2nd person plural
      singular plural
      nominative حیرتكز (hayretiñiz)
      definite accusative حیرتكزی (hayretiñizi)
      dative حیرتكزه (hayretiñize)
      locative حیرتكزده (hayretiñizde)
      ablative حیرتكزدن (hayretiñizden)
      genitive حیرتكزك (hayretiñiziñ)
      3rd person plural
      singular plural
      nominative حیرتلری (hayretleri)
      definite accusative حیرتلرینی (hayretlerini)
      dative حیرتلرینه (hayretlerine)
      locative حیرتلرنده (hayretlerinde)
      ablative حیرتلرندن (hayretlerinden)
      genitive حیرتلرینك (hayretleriniñ)

      Derived terms

      • حیرت آور (hayret aver, amazing, surprising)
      • حیرت افزا (hayret efza, most amazing)
      • حیرت انكیز (hayret engiz, astonishing, amazing)
      • حیرت بخش (hayret bahş, amazing, surprising, astonishing)
      • حیرت ده (hayret dih, astonishing, amazing)
      • حیرت زا (hayret za, astonishing, amazing)
      • حیرت زده (hayret zede, one who is astonished)
      • حیرت كده (hayret gede, astonishing, amazing)
      • حیرت نكاه (hayret nikâh, one who stares in astonishment)
      • وادی حیرت (vadi hayret, bewilderment)
      Ottoman Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ح ي ر (0 c, 3 e)

      Descendants

      Further reading

      Persian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَة (ḥayra).

        Pronunciation

         

        Readings
        Classical reading? hayrat
        Dari reading? hayrat
        Iranian reading? heyrat
        Tajik reading? hayrat

        Noun

        حیرت • (hayrat / heyrat) (Tajik spelling ҳайрат)

        1. astonishment; amazement; surprise
          Synonyms: شگفتی (šegefti), تعجب (ta'ajjob), بهت (boht)

        Descendants

        Urdu

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیرَت (hayrat), borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَة (ḥayra).[1] First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi حیرت (ḥyrt /⁠hairat⁠/).[2]

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          حَیرَت • (hairatf (Hindi spelling हैरत)

          1. astonishment; amazement; surprise; wonder
            Synonyms: تَعَجُّب (ta'ajjub), حَیرَانی (hairānī)
          2. perplexity; consternation

          Declension

          Declension of حیرت
          singular plural
          direct حَیرَت (hairat) حَیرَتیں (hairatẽ)
          oblique حَیرَت (hairat) حَیرَتوں (hairatõ)
          vocative حَیرَت (hairat) حَیرَتو (hairato)

          References

          1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “حيرت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 483
          2. ^ حیرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

          Further reading

          • حیرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
          • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “حیرت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]