gjynah

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gjynaf, xhynaf — Gheg
• gjinah — Tosk, dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گناه (günah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟyˈnah/
• Rhymes: -ah

Noun

gjynah m (plural gjynahe)

1. (Islam) sin

   Synonym: mëkat

2. (colloquial) fault, guilt

   Synonyms: gabim, faj

3. (colloquial) pity, compassion, sympathy

   Synonyms: dhembshuri, keqardhje

4. (colloquial) anything bad, wrong or unfortunate

   është gjynah. ― it's a pity.

   sa gjynah! ― what a pity!

Related terms

• gjynahqar

 

Interjection

gjynah

1. (colloquial) Expresses sorrow or regret.

   Synonym: sa keq

References

• “gjynah”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 632a
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjynah”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 177f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gjynaf”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 151a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “ǵünáh”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 143