جنایت

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

ճինաեէթ (cinayet) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).

Noun

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

crime

Descendants

Turkish: cinayet

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جنایت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 446

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi.nɑː.ˈjat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ.nɑː.jǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɪ.nɑː.jǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi.nɔː.jǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.nɒː.jǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi.nɔ.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jināyat
Dari reading^?	jināyat
Iranian reading^?	jenâyat
Tajik reading^?	jinoyat

Noun


Iranian Persian	جنایت
Dari	جنایت
Tajik	ҷиноят

جنایت • (jenâyat) (plural جنایات (jenâyât))

(a major) crime
Synonyms: بزه (beze), جرم (jorm)
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 515”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎:
  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.)

Related terms

جنایت جنگی (jenâyat-e jangi)
جنایت کردن (jenâyat kardan)
جنایی (jenâyi)

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