ხეჲირი

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xɛˈjiɾi/, /xɛˈji(ɹ)i/
  • Hyphenation: ხე‧ჲი‧რი

Noun

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ხეჲირი (xeyiri) (Latin spelling xeyiri)

  1. charity, goodness
    პაპულიქ უმითელი ბერეფე შენი ნა-იქომს ხეჲირითე დიდო სებაბი მოგამს
    p̌ap̌ulik umiteli berepe şeni na-ikoms xeyirite dido sebabi mogams
    My grandfather earns a lot of divine reward from his charity work for orphans

Further reading

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  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xeyiri”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხეირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi