مظنون

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَظْنُون (maẓnūn, “suspected, imagined, envisioned”), passive participle of ظَنَّ (ẓanna).

Noun

مظنون • (maznun)

1. suspect, defendant

Descendants

• Turkish: maznun

Adjective

مظنون • (maznun)

1. suspected
2. supposed

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “maznun”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مظنون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1186

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَظْنُون (maẓnūn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maz.ˈnuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäz.núːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäz.núːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäz.núːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäz.nún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæz.núːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäz.nún]

Readings
Classical reading?	maznūn
Dari reading?	maznūn
Iranian reading?	maznun
Tajik reading?	maznun

Dari	مظنون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мазнун

Adjective

مظنون • (maznun)

1. suspected

Noun

مظنون • (maznun) (plural مظنونین (maznunin))

1. suspect

   Synonym: گمان‌بر (gomân-bar)