خیر

See also: خير‎, جير‎, چیز‎, خیز‎, جيز‎, and خ ي ر‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian خیر‎ (xeyr), from Arabic خَيْر‎ (ḵayr).

Adverb

خیر • (hayr, hayır)

  1. no
    Synonym: یوق‎ (yok)

Descendants
  • Turkish: hayır
  • → Greek: χαΐρι (chaḯri)

Persian

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? xayr
Dari reading? xayr
Iranian reading? xeyr
Tajik reading? xayr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر‎ (ḵayr).

Noun

خِیْر • (xeyr)

  1. good
Descendants
  • Dari: خَیْر‎ (xayr)
  • Iranian Persian: خِیْر‎ (xeyr)
  • Tajik: хайр (xayr)
  • → Chagatai:
    • Uyghur: خەير‎ (xeyr)
    • Uzbek: xayr
  • → Gujarati: ખૈર (khair)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़ैर (xair)
    Urdu: خَیر‎ (xair)
  • → Punjabi:
    → Gurmukhi script: ਖੈਰ (khair)
    → Shahmukhi script: خَیر‎ (xair)

Etymology 2

Clipping of نه خیر‎ (na xeyr).

Adverb

خِیْر • (xeyr)

  1. (formal) no
    Synonyms: نه‎ (na), (formal) نخیر‎ (na-xeyr), (formal) نه خیر‎ (na-xeyr)
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خیر‎ (hayır)
→ Turkish: hayır

Noun

خِیْر • (xeyr)

  1. (Dari, at least in Gardēz and Fayzābād) Alternative form of خیار‎ (xiyâr, “cucumber”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر‎ (ḵayr), possibly via Classical Persian خَیْر‎ (xayr).

Pronunciation

Interjection

خَیر • (xair) (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

  1. well, anyway
    ‏خیر، میں بہت اپنے بارے بات کر رہی ہوں، تمہارے وہاں کیا چل رہا ہے؟‎‎
    xair, ma͠i bahot apne bāre bāt kar rahī hū̃, tumhāre vahā̃ kyā cal rahā hai?
    Anyway, I'm talking a lot about myself, what's going on with you?

Noun

خَیر • (xair) f (Hindi spelling ख़ैर)

  1. well-being, health
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