جنایت

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).

Noun

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

  1. crime

Descendants

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  • Turkish: cinayet

References

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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.)
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