hayır

== Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ha‧yır === Noun === hayır good Synonyms: eşq, nimet benefit Synonyms: fayda, kâr, menfaat, semere help Synonyms: imdat, inayet, talaqa beneficence Synonyms: minnet, merhamet sense Synonyms: fayda, mana happiness Synonyms: baht, ferah ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === hayır no === References === “hayır”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian) == Turkish == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیر (hayr, hayır), ultimately shortened from Classical Persian نَخَیْر (naxayr, “no”), itself from نَه (na, “no”) + Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”). Partially replaced yok, although the latter is still more common. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (standard) /ˈhɑ.jɯɾ/, [ˈhʌ.jɯɾ̞̊], (some speakers) [ˈhɑː.jɯɾ̞̊] Hyphenation: ha‧yır ==== Interjection ==== hayır no Synonym: yok Antonym: evet ===== Usage notes ===== The native synonym yok is significantly more common and polite when refusing an offer or expressing disagreement with a positive question. Restating the request in negative indicative is slightly more common when refusing a request. For example, === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خیر (hayır), from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”), same word as above. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [hɑˈjɯɾ̞̊] Hyphenation: ha‧yır ==== Noun ==== hayır (definite accusative hayrı, plural hayırlar) good; prosperity profit, advantage charity ===== Declension ===== === References === Kélékian, Diran (1911), “خیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 557 Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN === Further reading === “hayır”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hayır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “hayır”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı