خیانت

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna, treason, betrayal).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xiyānat
Dari reading? xiyānat
Iranian reading? xiyânat
Tajik reading? xiyonat

Noun

خیانت (xiyânat)

  1. betrayal, including:
    • mid-11th century, Abū ʿAlī ʿUsmanī, برگردان رسالهٔ قشیریه [Translation of the Qushayriyyan Epistle]:
      یاران را گفتی از دروغ و خیانت و غیبت دور باشید و جز این آنچه خواهید کنید.
      yārān rā guftē az durōğ u xiyānat u ğaybat dūr bāšēd u juz īn ānči xwāhēd kunēd.
      He would tell his friends, "Refrain from lies, betrayal, and slander, and besides these, do what you want."
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    1. treason, treachery (to a country)
    2. cheating (on a spouse)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bengali: খেয়ানত (kheẏanot)