hıyanet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خیانت (hıyanet), from Arabic خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna).

Noun

hıyanet (definite accusative hıyaneti, plural hıyanetler) (archaic)

1. treachery
2. ingratitude
3. (law) treason

Derived terms

• hıyanetçi
• hıyanetlik

Related terms

• hain

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “hiyânet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 434
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hıyanet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خیانت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 876
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN