حیران

See also: حيران and جيران

Gojri

Etymology

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Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān)bor.

Gojri حیران (herān)

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

Persian

Etymology

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Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Persian حیران

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

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Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیرَان (hayrān)bor.

Urdu حَیران (hairān)

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

• → 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

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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