خیانت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna, “treason, betrayal”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑː.ˈnat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑː.nǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑː.nǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xi.jɔː.nǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xi.jɒː.nǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χi.jɔ.nǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xiyānat
Dari reading^?	xiyānat
Iranian reading^?	xiyânat
Tajik reading^?	xiyonat

Noun

خیانت • (xiyânat)

betrayal, including:
- mid-11th century, Abū ʿAlī ʿUsmanī, برگردان رسالهٔ قشیریه [Translation of the Qushayriyyan Epistle]:
  یاران را گفتی از دروغ و خیانت و غیبت دور باشید و جز این آنچه خواهید کنید.
  yārān rā guftē az durōğ u xiyānat u ğaybat dūr bāšēd u juz īn ānči xwāhēd kunēd.
  He would tell his friends, "Refrain from lies, betrayal, and slander, and besides these, do what you want."
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
1. treason, treachery (to a country)
2. cheating (on a spouse)

Derived terms

خیانت کردن (xiyânat kardan)
خیانت‌کار (xiyânat-kâr)

Descendants

→ Bengali: খেয়ানত (kheẏanot)

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