hıyanet
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خیانت (hıyanet), from Arabic خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna).
Noun
hıyanet (definite accusative hıyaneti, plural hıyanetler) (archaic)
- treachery
- ingratitude
- (law) treason
Derived terms
- hıyanetçi
- hıyanetlik
Related terms
- hain
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “hiyânet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 434
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hıyanet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “خیانت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 876
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN