زینت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِينَة (zīna, “ornament, decoration, embellishment”); compare Azerbaijani ziynət, Kazakh зейнет (zeinet), Turkmen zynat, Uyghur زىننەت (zinnet) and Uzbek ziynat.

Noun

زینت • (ziynet)

1. ornament, decoration, embellishment, garnish, any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies

   Synonyms: آرایش (arayış), بزك (bezek), زیور (ziver), سوس (süs)

Derived terms

• زینت ویرمك (ziynet virmek, “to adorn, embellish”)
• زینتسز (ziynetsiz, “unadorned, plain”)
• زینتلمك (ziynetlemek, “to adorn, embellish”)
• زینتلنمك (ziynetlenmek, “to become embellished”)
• زینتلو (ziynetli, “adorned, embellished”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ziynet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ziynet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5492
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zînet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1429
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زینت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 654
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ornamentum”, 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^[3], Vienna, column 1222
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زینت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2502
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ziynet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زینت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1023

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic زِينَة (zīna)bor.

Persian زینت

Borrowed from Arabic زِينَة (zīna).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ziː.nat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.nät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.nät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ziː.nät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.nät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.næt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.nät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	zīnat
Dari reading?	zīnat
Iranian reading?	zinat
Tajik reading?	zinat

Noun

زینت • (zīnat)

1. ornament, adornment

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “زینت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic زِينَة (zīna)bor.

Classical Persian زِینَت (zīnat)bor.

Urdu زِینَت (zīnat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian زِینَت (zīnat), borrowed from Arabic زِينَة (zīna). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi زینت (zynt /⁠zīnat⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ziː.nət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: زِی‧نَت

Noun

زِینَت • (zīnat) f (Hindi spelling ज़ीनत)

1. elegance, grace, beauty

   Synonym: سوبھا (sobhā)

2. embellishment, adornment
3. splendour

Declension

Declension of زینت
	singular	plural
direct	زِینَت (zīnat)	زِینَتیں (zīnatẽ)
oblique	زِینَت (zīnat)	زِینَتوں (zīnatõ)
vocative	زِینَت (zīnat)	زِینَتو (zīnato)

Further reading

• “زینت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.