مخير

Arabic

Etymology

Past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, to choose)

Adjective

مُخَيَّر • (muḵayyar) (feminine مُخَيَّرَة (muḵayyara), masculine plural مُخَيَّرُونَ (muḵayyarūna), feminine plural مُخَيَّرَات (muḵayyarāt))

  1. having the choice or option
  2. (philosophy) having free will
    Antonym: مُسَيَّر (musayyar)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: müxəyyər
  • Italian: mocaiardo, mocaiarro
  • Middle Armenian: մուխայեար (muxayear)
  • Old East Slavic: мухояръ (muxojarŭ)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مخیر (muhayyer)
    • Turkish: muhayyer
  • Persian: مخیر (moxayyar)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 309

Further reading

  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 1497, page 120a
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