جنایت

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ճինաեէթ (cinayet) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).

Noun

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

1. crime

Descendants

• Turkish: cinayet

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جنایت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], 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]

• (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

Dari	جنایت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷиноят

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

1. (a major) crime

   Synonyms: بزه (beze), جرم (jorm)

   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 515”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[2]:

     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)