کینه

Persian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kiː.ˈna/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiː.nä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰiː.nä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰi.nä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiː.ne]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰi.nä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kīna
Dari reading^?	kīna
Iranian reading^?	kine
Tajik reading^?	kina

Noun

کینه • (kīna / kine) (Tajik spelling кина)

alternative form of (kīn / kin, “hatred, rancour, malevolence”)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 274:
  اصل کینه دوزخ است و کین تو
  جزو آن کل است و خصم دین تو
  asl-i kīna dōzax ast u kin-i tū
  juzw-i ān kul ast u xasm-i dīn-i tū
  The origin of malice is Hell, and your malice
  is a part of that whole and is the enemy of your religion.

Derived terms

کینه توزیدن (kīna tōzīdan / kine tuzidan)
کینه ورزیدن (kīna warzīdan / kine varzidan)
کینه‌ای (kīna-ī / kine-i)

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کینه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul