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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