# غیرت
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

### Noun

غیرت • (gayret)
* labour
* effort
* struggle

#### Derived terms

* غیرتلو (gayretli)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: gayret
* → Albanian: gajret
* → Armenian: խայրէթ (xayrētʻ)
* → Macedonian: гајрет (gajret)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɣaj.ˈɾat]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣäj.ɾǽt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣäj.ɾǽt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɣäj.ɾǽt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɣäj.ɾǽt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qej.ɹǽt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʁäj.ɾǽt̪]

### Noun

غِیرَت • (ğeyrat)
* "protective jealousy", honor, possessiveness; an emotion which drives one to protect one's family members from the other gender's attention and thereby defend one's pride and honor.
    Synonym: ناموس‌پرستی (nâmus-parasti)
    نصف شب تنها برم بیرون براش مهم نیس. شوهرم اصلا روم غیرت نداره :(nesf-e šab tanhâ beram birun barâš mohem nis. šowharam aslan rum ğeyrat na-dâre :(Even if I go out in the middle of the night, it doesn't matter for him. My husband has no gheyrat for me at all :(
    غیرت فقط واسه مرد نیست، یک زنم غیرت داره.ğeyrat faqat vâse mard nist, yek zan-am ğeyrat dâre.Gheyrat isn't just for men, a woman has gheyrat too.
* (by extension)
** a protective emotion towards one's community or nation
    من هم یک ایرانی هستم و روی وطنم غیرت دارم.man ham yek irâni hastam va ru-ye vatanam ğeyrat dâram.I am an Iranian too, and I feel protective of my motherland.
** the urge to stand up for someone vulnerable, innocent, or helpless
** any zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, fervency
    Synonyms: تعصب (ta'assob), حمیت (hamiyyat)

#### Usage notes

* This emotion can be considered a positive or negative one based on context, and tends to be associated (though not exclusively) with men.

#### Derived terms

* باغیرت (bâ-ğeyrat)
* بالاغیرتاً (bâlâ-ğeyratan)
* بالای غیرتت (bâlâ-ye-ğeyratet)
* به رگ غیرت کسی برخوردن (be rag-e ğeyrat-e kasi bar-xordan)
* به غیرت آوردن (be ğeyrat âvardan)
* بی‌غیرت (bê-ğeyrat)
* خوش‌غیرت (xoš-ğeyrat)
* غیرت به خرج دادن (ğeyrat be xarj dâdan)
* غیرت کردن (ğeyrat kardan)
* غیرت کشیدن (ğeyrat kešidan)
* غیرتمند (ğeyratmand)
* غیرتمندانه (ğeyratmandâne)
* غیرتمندی (ğeyratmandi)
* غیرتی (ğeyrati)
* غیرت‌کش (ğeyrat-keš)

#### Related terms

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

#### Descendants

* → 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)

### See also

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

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غیرت (ğayrat), from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɣɛː.ɾət̪/
* Rhymes: -ət̪
* Hyphenation: غَے‧رَت

### Noun

غَیرَت • (ġairat) f (Hindi spelling ग़ैरत)
* (one's) honour, prestige (self-respect)
* (to have) shame

#### Declension
### References

* “غیرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “غیرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.