فتنه
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See also: فتنة
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna).
Noun
فتنه • (fitne) (definite accusative فتنه‌یی (fitneyi), plural فتن (fiten))
- temptation, enticement, evil suggestion, the desire to engage in short-term urges
- trial, proof, test, assay, an occasion on which a person or thing is tested
- sedition, the organized incitement of rebellion against an authority or the state
- Synonym: فساد (fesâd)
- intrigue, a clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose
- Synonym: فساد (fesâd)
- (Islam) fitna, a social unrest or civil war that breeds schism among Muslims
Derived terms
- فتنه اولمق (fitne olmak, “to be a temptation”)
- فتنه ایتمك (fitne etmek, “to intrigue mischievously”)
- فتنه باصدرمق (fitne basdırmak, “to put down sedition”)
- فتنه باصمق (fitne basmak, “for troubles, to break out”)
- فتنه جو (fitne cu, “who seeks to excite troubles”)
- فتنه قویمق (fitne koymak, “for rebellion, to break out”)
- فتنه ویرمك (fitne virmek, “to make a mischievous suggestion”)
- فتنه‌جی (fitneci, “intriguing disturber”)
- فتنه‌لك (fitnelik, “quality or act of a disturber”)
- فتنه‌لمك (fitnelemek, “to incite”)
- فتنه‌لنمك (fitnelenmek, “to be seduced”)
Descendants
- Turkish: fitne
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fitne”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1601
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “fitne”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 322
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فتنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 886
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Tentamen”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1660
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فتنه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3466
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fitne”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فتنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1365
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fitna |
| Dari reading? | fitna |
| Iranian reading? | fetne |
| Tajik reading? | fitna |
Noun
فتنه • (fetne)
- sedition, riot, disturbance, revolt
- conspiracy, plot, intrigue
- wickedness, iniquity
- seduction, temptation
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 701:
- عشق او پیدا و معشوقش نهان
یار بیرون فتنهی او در جهان- 'išq-i ō paydā u ma'šūq-aš nihān
yār bērūn fitna-i ō dar jahān - His love is manifest and his Beloved is hidden:
the Friend is outside (of the world), (but) His fascination is in the world.
- 'išq-i ō paydā u ma'šūq-aš nihān
- calamity
- nuisance, trouble
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فتنه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim