خائن

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle from خَانَ (ḵāna, to be disloyal, to betray), from the root خ و ن (ḵ-w-n).

Adjective

خَائِن (ḵāʔin) (feminine خَائِنَة (ḵāʔina), masculine plural خَائِنُون (ḵāʔinūn) or خُوَّان (ḵuwwān) or خَوَنَة (ḵawana) or خَانَة (ḵāna), feminine plural خَائِنَات (ḵāʔināt))

  1. disloyal, faithless, false, unreliable, untrue, unfaithful
  2. traitorous, treacherous, perfidious, treasonous

Declension

Noun

خَائِن (ḵāʔin) m (plural خَائِنُون (ḵāʔinūn) or خُوَّان (ḵuwwān) or خَوَنَة (ḵawana) or خَانَة (ḵāna), feminine خَائِنَة (ḵāʔina))

  1. traitor, judas, betrayer
  2. cheat, deceiver
  3. changeling

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħajjen
  • Armenian: խային (xayin)
  • Azerbaijani: xain
  • Persian: خائن
  • Tatar: хаин (xain)
  • Ottoman Turkish: خائن (hain)
  • Turkmen: haýyn
  • Uyghur: خائىن (xa'in)
  • Uzbek: xoin

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَائِن (ḵāʔin).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xɔˈ(ʔ)in/

Noun

خائن (xâ'en) (plural خائنان (xâ'enân) or خائن‌ها (xâ'en-hâ))

  1. traitor
  • خیانت (xiyânat, treason, treachery)
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