چینود

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian چینود.

Proper noun

چینود • (çineved)

1. (Zoroastrianism) Chinvat, the bridge from earth to heaven.

Descendants

• Turkish: çinvat

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چینود”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 748

Persian

Alternative forms

• چنیود (čanīwad) (obsolete medieval variant)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cynwt' /⁠činwad⁠/), which was borrowed from Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬬𐬀𐬙𐬋 (cinvatō). Both the concept and the word were then transferred to Islam following the Arab conquests.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiː.na.ˈwað]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.nä.wǽd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.nä.wǽd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.nä.wǽd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.nä.wǽd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.næ.vǽd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.nä.vǽd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	čīnawaḏ
Dari reading?	čīnawad
Iranian reading?	činavad
Tajik reading?	činavad

Proper noun

چینود • (činavad)

1. (Zoroastrianism, Islam) An extremely narrow bridge that Zoroastrians and Muslims believe all souls will cross on Doomsday, with only the virtuous able to cross. Called the Chinvat Bridge in Avestan and al-Ṣirāṭ in Arabic.

   Synonym: (Islam) صراط (serât)

   • 1066, Asadī Ṭūsī, گرشاسپ‌نامه [Garshāsp Nāma]:

     ترا هست محشر رسول حجاز
     دهنده به پول چنیود جواز

     tu rā hast mahšar rasūl-i hijāz
     dihanda ba pūl-i čanīwad jawāz

     On Resurrection Day, the Prophet from Hejaz is there for you
     To grant the right of passage on the Bridge of Chinavad.

     (Classical Persian romanization)