हैराण

See also: हरण, हरणे, and हरेणु

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حیران (hayrān), from Arabic حَيْران (ḥayrān, “confused, bewildered”). Compare Gujarati હેરાન (herān), Hindustani حَیران (hairān) / हैरान (hairān), Sindhi حَيرَانُ / हैरानु, Punjabi ਹੈਰਾਨ (hairān) / حیران (ḥerān), Bengali হয়রান (hoẏoran), Phalura hairaán / حئیران.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦəi.ɾaɳ/

Adjective

हैराण • (hairāṇ)

1. harassed, perturbed, annoyed, distressed

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “हैराण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हैराण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “हैराण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).