غيرة

Arabic
Root
غ ي ر (ḡ-y-r)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣaj.ra/

Noun

غَيْرة • (ḡayra) f

  1. verbal noun of غَارَ (ḡāra, “to be jealous”) (form I)
  2. jealousy
    الْغَيْرَةُ غَالِبًا مَا تَنْبَعُ مِن مَشَاعِرِ الْنُّقْصِ أَوْ قِلَّةِ تَقْدِيرِ لِلْذَّاتِ، وَمُقَارَنَةُ الشَّخْصِ بِنَفْسِهِ بِاِسْتِمْرَارِ مَعَ الْآخَرِينَ وَالْشُّعُورِ بِأَنَّ لَدَيْهِمُ الْمَزِيدِ أَوْ أَفْضَلِ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُؤْدِيَ إِلَى مَشَاكِلِ إِضَافِيَّةٍ فِي مَجَالِ تَقْدِيرِ الذَّاتِ.
    al-ḡayratu ḡāliban mā tanbaʕu min mašāʕiri l-nnuqṣi ʔaw qillati taqdīri lilḏḏāti, wamuqāranatu š-šaḵṣi binafsihi biistimrāri maʕa l-ʔāḵarīna wālššuʕūri biʔanna ladayhimu l-mazīdi ʔaw ʔafḍali yumkinu ʔan yuʔdiya ʔilā mašākili ʔiḍāfiyyatin fī majāli taqdīri ḏ-ḏāti.
    Jealousy often stems from feelings of inadequacy or low self-esteem, and constantly comparing oneself to others and feeling that others have more or are better can lead to further self-esteem issues.
  3. zeal, fervor
  4. solicitude: followed by عَلَى (ʕalā, “for”)
  5. sense of honor, self-respect

Declension
Declension of noun غَيْرة (ḡayra)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal غَيْرة
ḡayra		 الْغَيْرة
al-ḡayra		 غَيْرة
ḡayrat
Nominative غَيْرةٌ
ḡayratun		 الْغَيْرةُ
al-ḡayratu		 غَيْرةُ
ḡayratu
Accusative غَيْرةً
ḡayratan		 الْغَيْرةَ
al-ḡayrata		 غَيْرةَ
ḡayrata
Genitive غَيْرةٍ
ḡayratin		 الْغَيْرةِ
al-ḡayrati		 غَيْرةِ
ḡayrati

Descendants
  • → Malay: gairah
  • → Persian: غیرت (ğeyrat)
    • → Armenian: ղեյրաթ (ġeyratʻ)
    • → Azerbaijani: qeyrət
    • → Bashkir: ғәйрәт (ğəyrət)
    • → Kazakh: қайрат (qairat)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: غیرت (ğayret)
      • Turkish: gayret
      • → Albanian: gajret
      • → Armenian: խայրէթ (xayrētʻ)
      • → Macedonian: гајрет (gajret)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: ग़ैरत (ġairat)
      Urdu: غیرت (ġairat)
  • → Turkmen: gaýrat
  • → Uyghur: غەيرەت (gheyret)
  • → Uzbek: gʻayrat

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غار (غير)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic
Root
غ ي ر
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic غَيْرة (ḡayra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣiː.re/, [ˈɣiː.re]
  • IPA(key): /ɣiː.ra/, [ˈɣiː.ra]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

غيرة • (ḡīre) f

  1. jealousy, envy
    Synonym: حسد (ḥasad)
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