خيري

Arabic

Root
خ ي ر (ḵ y r)
10 terms

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of خَيْر (ḵayr, “good”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaj.rijj/

Adjective

خَيْرِيّ • (ḵayriyy) (feminine خَيْرِيَّة (ḵayriyya), masculine plural خَيْرِيُّونَ (ḵayriyyūna), feminine plural خَيْرِيَّات (ḵayriyyāt))

1. charitable, bounteous

Declension

Declension of adjective خَيْرِيّ (ḵayriyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَيْرِي ḵayrī	الْخَيْرِي al-ḵayrī	خَيْرِيَّة ḵayriyya	الْخَيْرِيَّة al-ḵayriyya
Nominative	خَيْرِيٌّ ḵayriyyun	الْخَيْرِيُّ al-ḵayriyyu	خَيْرِيَّةٌ ḵayriyyatun	الْخَيْرِيَّةُ al-ḵayriyyatu
Accusative	خَيْرِيًّا ḵayriyyan	الْخَيْرِيَّ al-ḵayriyya	خَيْرِيَّةً ḵayriyyatan	الْخَيْرِيَّةَ al-ḵayriyyata
Genitive	خَيْرِيٍّ ḵayriyyin	الْخَيْرِيِّ al-ḵayriyyi	خَيْرِيَّةٍ ḵayriyyatin	الْخَيْرِيَّةِ al-ḵayriyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَيْرِيَّيْن ḵayriyyayn	الْخَيْرِيَّيْن al-ḵayriyyayn	خَيْرِيَّتَيْن ḵayriyyatayn	الْخَيْرِيَّتَيْن al-ḵayriyyatayn
Nominative	خَيْرِيَّانِ ḵayriyyāni	الْخَيْرِيَّانِ al-ḵayriyyāni	خَيْرِيَّتَانِ ḵayriyyatāni	الْخَيْرِيَّتَانِ al-ḵayriyyatāni
Accusative	خَيْرِيَّيْنِ ḵayriyyayni	الْخَيْرِيَّيْنِ al-ḵayriyyayni	خَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ ḵayriyyatayni	الْخَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḵayriyyatayni
Genitive	خَيْرِيَّيْنِ ḵayriyyayni	الْخَيْرِيَّيْنِ al-ḵayriyyayni	خَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ ḵayriyyatayni	الْخَيْرِيَّتَيْنِ al-ḵayriyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَيْرِيِّين ḵayriyyīn	الْخَيْرِيِّين al-ḵayriyyīn	خَيْرِيَّات ḵayriyyāt	الْخَيْرِيَّات al-ḵayriyyāt
Nominative	خَيْرِيُّونَ ḵayriyyūna	الْخَيْرِيُّونَ al-ḵayriyyūna	خَيْرِيَّاتٌ ḵayriyyātun	الْخَيْرِيَّاتُ al-ḵayriyyātu
Accusative	خَيْرِيِّينَ ḵayriyyīna	الْخَيْرِيِّينَ al-ḵayriyyīna	خَيْرِيَّاتٍ ḵayriyyātin	الْخَيْرِيَّاتِ al-ḵayriyyāti
Genitive	خَيْرِيِّينَ ḵayriyyīna	الْخَيْرِيِّينَ al-ḵayriyyīna	خَيْرِيَّاتٍ ḵayriyyātin	الْخَيْرِيَّاتِ al-ḵayriyyāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: خیری (hayrî)
  • > Turkish: Hayri (inherited)
  • → Crimean Tatar: hayriy

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian hylyk' (/⁠hērīg⁠/, “wallflower”) (Classical Persian خیری (xêri)).

Noun

خَيْرِيّ • (ḵayriyy) m

1. wallflower (Erysimum spp.)
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 27, Art. 1, page 269:

     والخيري يشبه البنفسج في تدبيره وإفلاحه إلا أنه أقوى وأصبر وقد يبقي الأصفر منه ثلاث سنين وينفع الخيري كلما بنفع البنفسج.

     The wallflower is similar to the violet in its regimen and cultivation except that it is stronger and more enduring. The yellow one may persist three years. Everything is useful for the wallflower what is also useful for the violet.

Declension

Declension of noun خَيْرِيّ (ḵayriyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَيْرِي ḵayrī	الْخَيْرِي al-ḵayrī	خَيْرِي ḵayrī
Nominative	خَيْرِيٌّ ḵayriyyun	الْخَيْرِيُّ al-ḵayriyyu	خَيْرِيُّ ḵayriyyu
Accusative	خَيْرِيًّا ḵayriyyan	الْخَيْرِيَّ al-ḵayriyya	خَيْرِيَّ ḵayriyya
Genitive	خَيْرِيٍّ ḵayriyyin	الْخَيْرِيِّ al-ḵayriyyi	خَيْرِيِّ ḵayriyyi

Descendants

• Translingual: Cheiranthus cheiri
  • Translingual: Erysimum cheiri
• → Galician: alelí
• → Portuguese: aleli
• → Spanish: alhelí, alelí

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “خيري”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 416
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “خيري”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 541
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خيري”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 371