خیانت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna, “treason, betrayal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑː.ˈnat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑː.nǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑː.nǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑː.nǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xi.jɔː.nǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xi.jɒː.nǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χi.jɔ.nǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	xiyānat
Dari reading?	xiyānat
Iranian reading?	xiyânat
Tajik reading?	xiyonat

Noun

خیانت • (xiyânat)

1. betrayal, including:
   • mid-11th century, Abū ʿAlī ʿUsmanī, برگردان رسالهٔ قشیریه [Translation of the Qushayriyyan Epistle]:

     یاران را گفتی از دروغ و خیانت و غیبت دور باشید و جز این آنچه خواهید کنید.

     yārān rā guftē az durōğ u xiyānat u ğaybat dūr bāšēd u juz īn ānči xwāhēd kunēd.

     He would tell his friends, "Refrain from lies, betrayal, and slander, and besides these, do what you want."

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   1. treason, treachery (to a country)
   2. cheating (on a spouse)

Derived terms

• خیانت کردن (xiyânat kardan)
• خیانت‌کار (xiyânat-kâr)

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: খেয়ানত (kheẏanot)