کینه

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Gurani کین (kīn) (Nuzhat Nama-yi Ala'i of Shahmardan Razi) and Old Armenian քէն (kʻēn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kiː.na]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiː.nä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiː.nä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰiː.nä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰi.nä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiː.ne]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰi.nä]

Readings
Classical reading?	kīna
Dari reading?	kīna
Iranian reading?	kine
Tajik reading?	kina

Noun

کینه • (kine)

1. hatred, rancour, malevolence
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 274:

     اصل کینه دوزخ است و کین تو
     جزو آن کل است و خصم دین تو

     asl-i kīna dōzax ast u kin-i tū
     juzw-i ān kul ast u xasm-i dīn-i tū

     The origin of malice is Hell, and your malice
     is a part of that whole and is the enemy of your religion.

Derived terms

• کینه‌ای (kine-i)
• کینه توزیدن (kine tuzidan)
• کینه ورزیدن (kine varzidan)

Descendants

• → Bengali: কিয়াইন (kiẏain)
• → Uzbek: gina

References

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