خائن

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ و ن (ḵ w n)
7 terms

Derived from the active participle from خَانَ (ḵāna, to be disloyal, to betray).

Adjective

خَائِن (ḵāʔin) (feminine خَائِنَة (ḵāʔina), masculine plural خَائِنُون (ḵāʔinūn) or خُوَّان (ḵuwwān) or خَوَنَة (ḵawana) or خَانَة (ḵāna), feminine plural خَائِنَات (ḵāʔināt))

  1. disloyal, faithless, false, unreliable, untrue, unfaithful
  2. traitorous, treacherous, perfidious, treasonous

Declension

Noun

خَائِن (ḵāʔinm (plural خَائِنُون (ḵāʔinūn) or خُوَّان (ḵuwwān) or خَوَنَة (ḵawana) or خَانَة (ḵāna), feminine خَائِنَة (ḵāʔina))

  1. traitor, judas, betrayer
  2. cheat, deceiver
  3. changeling

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħajjen
  • Armenian: խային (xayin)
  • Azerbaijani: xain
  • Persian: خائن
  • Tatar: хаин (xain)
  • Ottoman Turkish: خائن (hain)
  • Turkmen: haýyn
  • Uyghur: خائىن (xa'in)
  • Uzbek: xoin

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَائِن (ḵāʔin).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xā'in
Dari reading? xā'in
Iranian reading? xâ'en
Tajik reading? xoʾin

Noun

خائن (xâ'en) (plural خائنان (xâ'enân) or خائن‌ها (xâ'en-hâ))

  1. traitor