چینود
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Proper noun
چینود • (çineved)
- (Zoroastrianism) Chinvat, the bridge from earth to heaven.
Descendants
- Turkish: çinvat
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چینود”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 748
Persian
Alternative forms
- چنیود (čanīwad) (obsolete medieval variant)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (cynwt' /činwad/), which was borrowed from Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬬𐬀𐬙𐬋 (cinvatō). Both the concept and the word were then transferred to Islam following the Arab conquests.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čīnawaḏ |
| Dari reading? | čīnawad |
| Iranian reading? | činavad |
| Tajik reading? | činavad |
Proper noun
چینود • (činavad)
- (Zoroastrianism, Islam) An extremely narrow bridge that Zoroastrians and Muslims believe all souls will cross on Doomsday, with only the virtuous able to cross. Called the Chinvat Bridge in Avestan and al-Ṣirāṭ in Arabic.
- Synonym: (Islam) صراط (serât)
- 1066, Asadī Ṭūsī, گرشاسپنامه [Garshāsp Nāma]:
- ترا هست محشر رسول حجاز
دهنده به پول چنیود جواز- tu rā hast mahšar rasūl-i hijāz
dihanda ba pūl-i čanīwad jawāz - On Resurrection Day, the Prophet from Hejaz is there for you
To grant the right of passage on the Bridge of Chinavad.
- tu rā hast mahšar rasūl-i hijāz