زناء

Arabic

Etymology

From زَنَى (zanā, “to commit adultery”).

Noun

زِنَاء • (zināʔ) m

1. verbal noun of زَنَى (zanā) (form I)
2. adultery, fornication

Declension

Declension of noun زِنَاء (zināʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زِنَاء zināʔ	الزِّنَاء az-zināʔ	زِنَاء zināʔ
Nominative	زِنَاءٌ zināʔun	الزِّنَاءُ az-zināʔu	زِنَاءُ zināʔu
Accusative	زِنَاءً zināʔan	الزِّنَاءَ az-zināʔa	زِنَاءَ zināʔa
Genitive	زِنَاءٍ zināʔin	الزِّنَاءِ az-zināʔi	زِنَاءِ zināʔi

Alternative forms

• زِنًا (zinan)

Synonyms

• زِنًى (zinan)

Related terms

• زَانٍ (zānin)
• زَانِيَة (zāniya)
• زَنَى (zanā)

Descendants

• Afar: dina
• Maltese: żina
• Turkish: zina
• Azerbaijani: zina
• → Swahili: zinaa
• Turkmen: zina

Persian

Alternative forms

• زنا (zenâ)

Etymology

From Arabic زِنَاء (zināʔ).

Noun

Dari	زناء
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зино

زناء • (zenâ')

1. fornicating, committing fornication
2. adultery
3. fornication

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زناء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul