Ayrat

Pronunciation: /ɑj.ˈrɑt/ (Bashkir)
Forms: Airat

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Meaning and History:
Meaning unclear. It may be derived from the name of the name of the Oirats, the westernmost Mongolic tribe inhabiting parts of present-day Mongolia, China and Russia. Alternately, it could be from Arabic خيرات (khayrat) meaning "good deeds", Persian غیرت (gheyrat) meaning "zeal, enthusiasm" or Turkish hayret meaning "wonder, amazement, astonishment".

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- https://forebears.io/x/forenames/ayrat
- https://imya.com/name/17796 (in Russian)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82 (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatar_name#Male_names (in English)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oirats (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA#Arabic (in English)
- https://glosbe.com/ar/en/%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AA#Persian (in English)
- https://glosbe.com/fa/en/%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AA (in English)
- https://glosbe.com/tr/en/hayret (in English)
- http://www.turkishdictionary.net/?word=hayret (in English)

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(Name originally submitted by user LMS)