hayır

See also: Hayır

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خیر‎ (hayır), from Arabic خَيْر‎ (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”).

In the sense of “no” shortened from Persian نخیر‎ (naxeyr, “no”), itself from نه‎ (na, “no”) + the abovementioned Arabic word. Partially replaced yok, although the latter is still more common.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɑ̽ˈjɯ̽ɾ̞̊]

Particle

hayır

  1. no, nope
    Öğretmen misin? — Hayır.
    Are you a teacher? — No.

Interjection

hayır

  1. no
    Hayır! Yapma!
    No! Don't do it!
    Synonym: yok
    Antonym: evet

Noun

hayır (definite accusative hayrı, plural hayırlar)

  1. good; prosperity
  2. profit, advantage
  3. charity

Descendants
  • → Ladino: hayre

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “خیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 557
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hayır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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