كناه

See also: گناه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• جناه (cünah)
• կիւնահ (günah) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گناه (gonâh, “sin; crime; guilt”), from Middle Persian 𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫀𐫍 (wynʾh /⁠wināh⁠/, “sin, crime”).

Noun

كناه • (günâh) (definite accusative كناهی (günâhı), plural كناهلر (günâhlar))

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: ذنب (zenb), صوچ (suç), وبال (vebal)

Derived terms

• كناه ایتمك (günâh etmek, “to sin”)
• كناه ایشلمك (günâh işlemek, “to sin”)
• كناهسز (günâhsız, “innocent”)
• كناهكار (günâhkâr, “culprit”)
• كناهنه كیرمك (günâhına girmek, “to accuse one wrongfully”)
• كناهی بویننه (günähı boynuna, “at your risk”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: günah
• → Albanian: gjynah
• → Armenian: (Constantinople) գո̈ւնահ (günah), (Van) գո̈ւնախ (günax)
• →? Hungarian: bűn
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ђу̀на̄х

  Latin script: đùnāh

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “كناه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 648
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “günah”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1803
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كناه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كناه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1043
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Culpa”, 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 307
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كناه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4029
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “günah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كناه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1574