جنایت
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Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- ճինաեէթ (cinayet) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).
Noun
جنایت • (cinayet) (definite accusative جنایتی (cinayeti), plural جنایات (cinayat))
Descendants
- Turkish: cinayet
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جنایت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 446
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | jināyat |
| Dari reading? | jināyat |
| Iranian reading? | jenâyat |
| Tajik reading? | jinoyat |
Noun
| Dari | جنایت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҷиноят |
جنایت • (jenâyat) (plural جنایات (jenâyât))
- (a major) crime
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 515”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]:
- چه جرم رفت که با ما سخن نمیگویی
جنایت از طرف ماست یا تو بدخویی- či jurm raft ki bā mā suxan na-mē-gūyi
jināyat az taraf-i mā-st yā tu badxūy-ī - What crime has there been that you say no word to me?
Is the sin on my part, or are you mean-spirited?
- či jurm raft ki bā mā suxan na-mē-gūyi
Related terms
- جنایت جنگی (jenâyat-e jangi)
- جنایت کردن (jenâyat kardan)
- جنایی (jenâyi)