Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghayrah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ghayrah
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Protective jealousy; a person's dislike or displeasure over someone else sharing a right or privilege that belongs to them.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: غَيْرَة

Usage

Inflected Forms

ghayra (alternative) gheera (alternative) gheerah (alternative) ghira (alternative)

Questions

What does ghayrah mean?
Protective jealousy; a person's dislike or displeasure over someone else sharing a right or privilege that belongs to them.
Where does ghayrah come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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