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Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جنایت (cinayet), from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).
Pronunciation
Noun
cinayet
- crime, misdeed
Declension
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جنایت (cinayet, “crime”), from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya). Doublet of günah.
Pronunciation
Noun
cinayet (definite accusative cinayeti, plural cinayetler)
- murder, homicide
- (archaic) serious crime
- 1940 May 11, headline in İkdam (Sabah Postası):
Almanya yeni bir cinayet işledi- Germany has committed a new crime
Declension
References
- “cinayet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “cinâyet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 175
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cinayet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN