چینود

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Persian چینود.

Proper noun

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چینود (çineved)

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

Descendants

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  • Turkish: çinvat

References

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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  • چنیود (čanīwad) (obsolete medieval variant)

Etymology

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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

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

Proper noun

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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)