# زنا
## Arabic
### Noun

زِنًا • (zinan) m
* Alternative form of زِنَاء (zināʔ)
* Alternative spelling of زِنًى (zinan)

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* زناء (zina’)
* զինա (zina) — Armeno-Turkish

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِنَاء (zināʔ).

### Noun

زنا • (zinâ) (definite accusative زنایی (zinâyı), plural زنالر (zinâlar))
* adultery, infidelity, the practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse
* adultery, promiscuity, lewdness, or unchastity of thought as well as act, any sinful sexual behavior as a category
* fornication, sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way
* (Islam) zina, any unlawful sexual intercourse, which can include adultery, fornication, prostitution, sodomy and incest

#### Derived terms

* زنا ایتمك (zinâ etmek, “to commit adultery”)
* زناكار (zinâkâr, “adulterer”)
* ولد زنا (veled-i zinâ, “bastard”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: zina

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “زنا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 45
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zina1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5486b
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zinâ’”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1429a
* Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “زنا”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 403a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زنا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 647a
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Adulterium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 32
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زنا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2468
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zina”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “զինա”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 155b
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زنا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1014b
* Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “زناء”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 687b

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* زناء (zenâ')

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِنَاء (zināʔ), from زَنَى (zanā).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [zi.nɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zɪ.nɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zɪ.nɑː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zɪ.nɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zi.nɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ze.nɒː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zi.nɔ]

### Noun

| Dari | زنا |
| Iranian Persian | زنا |
| Tajik | зино |
زنا • (zenâ)
* zina, any kind of premarital or extramarital sexual intercourse
* adultery
* fornication

#### Derived terms

* زانی (zâni)
* زِناکار (zenâ-kâr)
* زِنازاده (zenâ-zâde)
* زنا کردن (zenâ kardan)
* زنای مُحصَنه (zenâ-ye mohsane)
* زنای به عُنف (zenâ-ye be 'onf)

#### Related terms

* لَواط (lavât)
* قَذف (qazf)

## Urdu
### Etymology

From Classical Persian زنا (zinā), from Arabic زِنَاء (zināʔ).

### Noun

زنا • (zinā) f (Hindi spelling ज़िना)
* zina, extramarital and premarital sexual intercourse
* adultery
* fornication