زندیق

See also: زنديق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِنْدِيق (zindīq, “heretic, atheist”).

Noun

زندیق • (zındık) (definite accusative زندیغی (zındığı), plural زنادیق (zenâdık))

1. (religion) pagan, heathen, a person not adhering to an Abrahamic religion, a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion

   Synonym: كافر (kâfir)

2. (religion) heretic, misbeliever, someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to

   Synonym: ملحد (mulhid)

3. (Islam, historical) zindiq, a person whose views or practices were considered contrary to Islamic dogma, especially a Manichaean

Adjective

زندیق • (zındık)

1. pagan, heathen, not adhering to one of the Abrahamic religions, believing in two or more gods

   Synonym: كافر (kâfir)

2. heretical, of or pertaining to heresy or heretics, whose beliefs are contrary to a specific religion

Derived terms

• زندیقلق (zındıklık, “atheism”)
• زندیقی (zındıkî, “atheism”)
• زندیقیت (zındıkiyet, “atheism”)

Descendants

• Turkish: zındık

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zındık1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5471
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “زندیق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 649
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Atheos”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 96
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “زندیق”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2475
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zındık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “زندیق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1016

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِنْدِيق (zindīq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (zndyk' /⁠zandīk⁠/, “heretic, Manichaean”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zin.ˈdiːq/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪn̪.d̪iːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪn̪.d̪iːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪn̪.d̪iːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zin̪.d̪iq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zen̪.d̪iːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zin̪.d̪iq]

• Rhymes: -iːq

Readings
Classical reading?	zindīq
Dari reading?	zindīq
Iranian reading?	zendiġ
Tajik reading?	zindiq

Noun

زندیق • (zindīq / zendiġ) (Tajik spelling зиндиқ)

1. heretic

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “زندیق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 1, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 1024