حيران

From حَارَ‎ (ḥāra, “to be perplexed”) + ـَان‎ (-ān).

• IPA^(key): /ħaj.raːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

حَيْرَان • (ḥayrān) (feminine حَيْرَى‎ (ḥayrā), common plural حَيَارَى‎ (ḥayārā), elative أَحْيَر‎ (ʔaḥyar))
حَيْرَان • (ḥayrān) (feminine حَيْرَانَة‎ (ḥayrāna), masculine plural حَيْرَانُون‎ (ḥayrānūn), elative أَحْيَر‎ (ʔaḥyar))

1. perplexed, confounded, astonished
   • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, بُسَيْطَةُ مَهْلًا سُقِيتِ الْقِطَارَا [busayṭatu mahlan suqīti l-qiṭārā]:

     ‏بُسَيْطَةُ مَهْلًا سُقِيتِ الْقِطَارَا / تَرَكْتِ عُيُونَ عَبِيدِي حَيَارَى‎‎

     busayṭatu mahlan suqīti l-qiṭārā / tarakti ʕuyūna ʕabīdī ḥayārā

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   • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     ‏زَادَتِ ٱلْأَشْجَانُ فِي ٱلْهَوَى ٱلْعُذْرِيِّ / وَأَنَا ٱلْحَيْرَانُ كَاتِمُ ٱلسِّرِّ‎

     zādati l-ʔašjānu fī l-hawā l-ʕuḏriyyi / waʔanā l-ḥayrānu kātimu s-sirri

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Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• → Armenian: հեյրան (heyran)
• → Azerbaijani: heyran
• → Classical Persian: حیران‎ (hayrān) (see there for further descendants)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حیران‎ (heyrân)
  • Turkish: hayran