ذنب

See also: دنت‎ and دنب‎

Arabic

Etymology

Of the root ذ ن ب‎ (ḏ-n-b). The noun “tail” is reconstructible as Proto-Semitic *ḏanab-.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ða.nab/

Noun

ذَنَب • (ḏanab) m (plural أَذْنَاب‎ (ʔaḏnāb))

  1. tail, end
    Synonym: ذَيْل‎ (ḏayl)
  2. adherent, follower, henchman
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Maltese: denb
  • → Middle Armenian: զանապ (zanap)
  • → Persian: ذنب‎ (zanab)

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. sin, offense, crime
    Synonyms: خَطِيئَة‎ (ḵaṭīʔa), إِثْم‎ (ʔiṯm)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:193:
      ‏رَبَّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ‎
      rabbanā faḡfir lanā ḏunūbanā wakaffir ʕannā sayyiʔātinā watawaffanā maʕa l-ʔabrāri
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 81:8-9:
      ‏وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُودَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ۝ بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ ۝‎
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. guilt
    Synonym: إِثْم‎ (ʔiṯm)
Declension
Derived terms
  • عُذْرٌ أَقْبَحُ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ‎ (ʕuḏrun ʔaqbaḥu min ḏanbin)
Descendants

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

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذَنْب‎ (ḏanb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzanb/ (traditional)
    IPA(key): /ˈðanb/ (spelling pronunciation)

Noun

ذنب • (zanb) m (plural ذنوب‎ (zunūb))

  1. guilt
  2. sin

Etymology 2

From Arabic ذَنَب‎ (ḏanab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdanab/ (traditional)
    IPA(key): /ˈðanab/ (spelling pronunciation)

Noun

ذنب • (danab) m (plural أذناب‎ (adnāb))

  1. end, tail
    Synonym: ذيل‎ (dēl)
Usage notes

Both traditional and spelling pronunciations are used by most speakers interchangeably.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ذَنْب‎ (ḏanb).

Noun

ذنب • (zenb) (plural ذنوب‎ (zünūb))

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

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ذَنَب‎ (ḏanab, “tail”).

Noun

ذنب • (zeneb) (plural اذناب‎ (ezneb))

  1. tail, the appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior
    Synonyms: دم‎ (dum), دمبال‎ (dumbal), قویروق‎ (kuyruk)
  2. (by extension) object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape
  3. (botany) pedicel, the stalk of an individual flower or fruit
Derived terms
  • ذنبی‎ (zenebî, “tailed”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: zeneb

Further reading

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