gjynah

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گناه (günah).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟyˈnah/
  • Rhymes: -ah

Noun

gjynah m (plural gjynahe)

  1. (Islam) sin
    Synonym: mëkat
  2. (colloquial) fault, guilt
    Synonyms: gabim, faj
  3. (colloquial) pity, compassion, sympathy
    Synonyms: dhembshuri, keqardhje
  4. (colloquial) anything bad, wrong or unfortunate
    është gjynah. ― it's a pity.
    sa gjynah! ― what a pity!
  • gjynahqar

Interjection

gjynah

  1. (colloquial) Expresses sorrow or regret.
    Synonym: sa keq

References
  • “gjynah”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 632a
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjynah”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 177f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjynaf”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 151a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “ǵünáh”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 143
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