ذنب

See also: دنت and دنب

Arabic

Etymology

Of the root ذ ن ب (ḏ-n-b). The noun “tail” is reconstructible as Proto-Semitic *ḏanab-.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ða.nab/

Noun

ذَنَب • (ḏanab) m (plural أَذْنَاب (ʔaḏnāb))

  1. tail, end
    Synonym: ذَيْل (ḏayl)
  2. adherent, follower, henchman
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Maltese: denb
  • Middle Armenian: զանապ (zanap)
  • Persian: ذنب (zanab)

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ða.na.ba/

Verb

ذَنَبَ • (ḏanaba) I, non-past يَذْنِبُ or يَذْنُبُ‎ (yaḏnibu or yaḏnubu)

  1. to follow
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /ðan.na.ba/

Verb

ذَنَّبَ • (ḏannaba) II, non-past يُذَنِّبُ‎ (yuḏannibu)

  1. to furnish with a tail, to provide a start to
Conjugation

Pronunciation 4

  • IPA(key): /ðanb/

Noun

ذَنْب • (ḏanb) m (plural ذُنُوب (ḏunūb))

  1. (Islam, law) crime, offense, sin
    Synonyms: خَطِيئَة (ḵaṭīʔa), إِثْم (ʔiṯm)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:193:
      رَبَّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ
      rabbanā faḡfir lanā ḏunūbanā wakaffir ʕannā sayyiʔātinā watawaffanā maʕa l-ʔabrāri
      Our Lord! Lo! we have heard a crier calling unto Faith: "Believe ye in your Lord!" So we believed. Our Lord! Therefor forgive us our sins, and remit from us our evil deeds, and make us die the death of the righteous.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 81:8-9:
      وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُودَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ۝ بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ ۝
      And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked. 9. For what sin she was slain
  2. guilt
    Synonym: إِثْم (ʔiṯm)
Declension
Derived terms
  • عُذْرٌ أَقْبَحُ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ (ʕuḏrun ʔaqbaḥu min ḏanbin)
Descendants

(via plural form ذُنُوب (ḏunūb))

References

  • ذنب” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذنب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 96

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ذ ن ب
1 term

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zanb/, /ðanb/

Noun

ذنب • (zanb) m (plural ذُنوب (zunūb))

  1. guilt
  2. sin

Etymology 2

From Arabic ذَنَّبَ (ḏannaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zan.nab/, /ðan.nab/

Verb

ذَنَّب • (zannab) II (non-past يِذَنِّب (yizannib))

  1. to cause guilt
  2. to scold
Conjugation
    Conjugation of ذنب (zannab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ذنبت (zannabt) ذنبت (zannabt) ذنب (zannab) ذنبنا (zannabna) ذنبتوا (zannabtu) ذنبوا (zannabu)
f ذنبتي (zannabti) ذنبت (zannabat)
non-past m أذنب (ʔazannib) تذنب (tizannib) يذنب (yizannib) نذنب (nizannib) تذنبوا (tizannibu) يذنبوا (yizannibu)
f تذنبي (tizannibi) تذنب (tizannib)
imperative m ذنب (zannib) ذنبوا (zannibu)
f ذنبي (zannibi)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb).

Noun

ذنب • (zenb) (plural ذنوب (zünūb))

  1. guilt, sin
    Synonyms: صوچ (suç), گناه (günah)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab, tail).

Noun

ذنب • (zeneb) (plural اذناب (ezneb))

  1. tail, the appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior
    Synonyms: دم (dum), دمبال (dumbal), قویروق (kuyruk)
  2. (by extension) object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape
  3. (botany) pedicel, the stalk of an individual flower or fruit
Derived terms
  • ذنبی (zenebî, tailed)
Descendants
  • Turkish: zeneb

Further reading

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