ذنب

See also: دنت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ذ ن ب (ḏ-n-b). The noun “tail” from Proto-Semitic *ðanab-, compare Hebrew זָנָב (zanáv).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ða.nab/

Noun

ذَنَب (ḏanab) m (plural أَذْنَاب (ʾaḏnāb))

  1. tail, end
  2. adherent, follower, henchman
Declension
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ða.na.ba/

Verb

ذَنَبَ (ḏanaba) I, non-past يَذْنِبُ or يَذْنُبُ‎ (yaḏnibu or yaḏnubu)

  1. to follow
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /ðan.na.ba/

Verb

ذَنَّبَ (ḏannaba) II, non-past يُذَنِّبُ‎ (yuḏannibu)

  1. to furnish with a tail, to provide a start to
Conjugation

Pronunciation 4

  • IPA(key): /ðanb/

Noun

ذَنْب (ḏanb) m (plural ذُنُوب (ḏunūb))

  1. guilt
  2. offense, crime, sin
Declension

References

  • ذنب” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1833), ذنب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 96

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzanb/
  • IPA(key): /ˈðanb/ (classical pronunciation)

Noun

ذَنْب • (zanb) m

(plural ذُنوب ‎(zunūb))
  1. guilt
  2. sin

Etymology 2

From Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdanab/
  • IPA(key): /ˈðanab/ (classical pronunciation)

Noun

ذَنَب • (danab) m

(plural أَذْناب ‎(ʼadnāb))
  1. end, tail

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb).

Noun

ذنب (zenb) (plural ذنوب (zünūb))

  1. guilt, sin
    Synonyms: صوچ (suč), کناه (günāh)

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), ذنب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2243
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