حیران

See also: حيران and جيران

Gojri

Etymology

  • 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
    • Armenian: հայրան (hayran), հեյրան / հէյրան (heyran)

    Persian

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic حَيْرَان (ḥayrān).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? hayrān
    Dari reading? hayrān
    Iranian reading? heyrân
    Tajik reading? hayron

    Adjective

    حیران • (hayrān / heyrân) (Tajik spelling ҳайрон)

    1. perplexed, confused
    2. astonished, astounded
      او چنان تند پشم می‌چیند، که همه حیران می‌مانندu čonân tond pašm mičinad, ke hame heyrân mimânandShe picks cotton so fast that everyone is astounded

    Derived terms

    • حیران ماندن (hayrān māndan / heyrân mândan, to be surprised)

    Descendants

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • 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

    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, 2025.
    • 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, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 787

    Ushojo

    Etymology

  • 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