gjynah

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === gjynaf, xhynaf — Gheg gjinah — Tosk, dialectal === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گناه (günah), ultimately from Classical Persian گناه (gunāh). === Pronunciation === (Tosk) IPA(key): /ɟyˈnah/ (Gheg) IPA(key): [ɟyˈnaf], [dʒyˈnaf], [ɟɪˈnaf], [dʒɪˈnaf], [ʒɪˈnaf] Rhymes: -ah === Noun === gjynah m (plural gjynahe) (Islam) sin Synonym: mëkat (colloquial) fault, guilt Synonyms: gabim, faj (colloquial) pity, compassion, sympathy Synonyms: dhembshuri, keqardhje (colloquial) anything bad, wrong or unfortunate është gjynah. ― it's a pity. sa gjynah! ― what a pity! ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Interjection === gjynah (colloquial) Expresses sorrow or regret. Synonym: sa keq === References === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 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