Ottoman Turkish

Noun

غیرت • ‎(ğayret)

1. labour
2. effort
3. struggle

Persian

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic غَيْرَة ‎(ḡayra, “jealousy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣæjɾæt/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ɢei̯ˈɾæt]

Noun

غیرت • ‎(ğeyrat)

1. the tendency to control the female members of the family—and sometimes the clan, tribe, or motherland—and to protect them from sexual attention
2. the desire to rise against oppression, or to defend the powerless
3. being conjured to action for the sake of wounded pride or indignity
4. zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, fervency

Synonyms

• تعصب ‎(ta'assob)
• ناموس‌پرستی ‎(nâmus-parasti)
• حمیت ‎(hamiyyat)

Derived terms

Related terms

• غیور ‎(ğayur)
• غیورانه ‎(ğayurâne)
• غیورمرد ‎(ğayur-mard)

Descendants

• Bashkir: ғәйрәт ‎(ğäyrät)
• Ottoman Turkish: غیرت ‎(ğayret)
  • Turkish: gayret
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ग़ैरत ‎(ğayrat)
  • Urdu: غیرت ‎(ğayrat)

See also

• Appendix:Terms considered difficult or impossible to translate into English

Urdu

Noun

غیرت • ‎(ğayrat) ? ‎(Hindi spelling ग़ैरत)

1. the tendency to control the female members of the family—and sometimes the clan, tribe, or motherland—and to protect them from unwanted sexual attention
2. the desire to rise against oppression, or to defend the powerless
3. being conjured to action for the sake of wounded pride or indignity
4. zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, fervency

Related terms

• باغیرت ‎(bāğayrat)
• بے‌غیرت ‎(bēğayrat)
• غیرتمند ‎(ğayratmand)

See also

• Appendix:Terms considered difficult or impossible to translate into English