گناه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گناه (gonâh, sin; crime; guilt).

Noun

گناه • (günah)

  1. fault, guilt, blame, the responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing
    Synonyms: ذنب (zenb), صوچ (suç)
  2. crime, misdeed, offence, any act committed in violation of the law
    Synonyms: جرم (cürm), جنایت (cinayet), صوچ (suç)
  3. (religion) sin, a transgression against divine law or a law of God
    Synonyms: صوچ (suç), وبال (vebal)

Derived terms

  • گناه ایشلمك (günah işlemek, to sin)
  • گناهسز (günahsız, innocent)
  • گناهكار (günahkâr, culprit)
  • گناهنه گیرمك (günahına girmek, to accuse one wrongfully)

Descendants

  • Turkish: günah
  • Albanian: gjynah
  • Armenian: (Constantinople) գո̈ւնահ (günah), (Van) գո̈ւնախ (günax)
  • Hungarian: bűn (possibly)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ђу̀на̄х
    Latin script: đùnāh

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wnʾs /⁠wināh⁠/), 𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫀𐫍 (wynʾh /⁠wināh⁠/, sin, crime), ultimately from the Proto-Iranian preverb *vi- (from Proto-Indo-European *wi (apart, against)) and the root *nas- (to disappear; to perish), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (to perish, to disappear). Akin to Old Armenian վնաս (vnas) (from Iranian), Old Georgian უნასი (unasi) (from Iranian), Baluchi [script needed] (gināsk), Northern Kurdish binas (binās) and Sanskrit विनाश (vināśa).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.nɑ́ːʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.nɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡu.nɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? gunāh
Dari reading? gunāh
Iranian reading? gonâh
Tajik reading? gunoh

Noun

Dari گناه
Iranian Persian
Tajik гуноҳ

گناه • (gonâh) (plural گناهان (gonâhân) or گناه‌ها (gonâh-hâ))

  1. sin
  2. crime, guilt
    • 11th century, Abul-Fazl Bayhaqi, Tarikh-e Beyhaqi
      امیر گفت: پس از حسنک درین باب چه گناه بوده است؟ که اگر راه بادیه آمدی در خون آنهمه خلق شدی
      amir goft: "pas az hasanak darin bâb če gonâh bude ast? ke agar râh-e bâdiye âmadi, dar xun-e ânhame xalq šodi."
      Amir said: "So what was Hasanak's crime here? For if he would come through the desert route, he would have been responsible for the blood of so many people."

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wināh”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 91
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վնաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 347
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*nas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282ff
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “vinās”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 213a
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