جنایت

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).

Noun

جنایت • (cinayet) (definite accusative جنایتی (cinayeti), plural جنایات (cinayat))

  1. crime

Descendants

  • Turkish: cinayet

References

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).

Pronunciation

 

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))

  1. (a major) crime
    Synonyms: بزه (beze), جرم (jorm)
    جرم و جنایت ― jorm o jenâyat ― (collective) crime
    نرخ جرم و جنایت ― narx-e jorm o jenâyat ― crime rate
  2. sin
    • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 515”, in دیوان سعدی ‎:
      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?
      (Classical Persian transliteration.)
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