خيانة

Arabic

Root
خ و ن (ḵ-w-n)

Etymology

Verbal noun of خَانَ (ḵāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xi.jaː.na/

Noun

خِيَانَة • (ḵiyāna) f

1. verbal noun of خَانَ (ḵāna) (form I)
2. faithlessness, falseness, disloyalty, treachery, perfidy
3. breach of faith, betrayal
4. treason

   خِيَانَة عُظْمَى ― ḵiyāna ʿuẓmā ― high treason

5. deception, fooling

Declension

Declension of noun خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِيَانَة ḵiyāna	الْخِيَانَة al-ḵiyāna	خِيَانَة ḵiyānat
Nominative	خِيَانَةٌ ḵiyānatun	الْخِيَانَةُ al-ḵiyānatu	خِيَانَةُ ḵiyānatu
Accusative	خِيَانَةً ḵiyānatan	الْخِيَانَةَ al-ḵiyānata	خِيَانَةَ ḵiyānata
Genitive	خِيَانَةٍ ḵiyānatin	الْخِيَانَةِ al-ḵiyānati	خِيَانَةِ ḵiyānati

Related terms

• خَؤُون (ḵaʔūn)
• خَائِن (ḵāʔin)
• خَانَ (ḵāna)
• خَوَّان (ḵawwān)
• خَوَّنَ (ḵawwana)

 

Descendants

• Maltese: ħjiena
• → Azerbaijani: xəyanət
• → Kazakh: қиянат (qiänat)
• → Classical Malay: خيانة (khianat)
  • → Malay: khianat
  • → Indonesian: khianat
• → Persian: خیانت
  • → Bengali: খেয়ানত (kheẏanot)
  • → Tajik: хиёнат (xiyonat)
  • → Urdu: خیانت (xyānt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خیانت
  • → Turkish: hıyanet
• → Turkmen: hyýanat
• → Tatar: хыянәт (xıyanät)
• → Uyghur: خىيانەت (xiyanet)
• → Uzbek: xiyonat

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xi.jaː.ne/, [xiˈjæː.ne]
• IPA^(key): /xi.jaː.na/, [xiˈjæː.na]

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Noun

خيانة • (ḵiyāne) f

1. betrayal, treason