چینود

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian .

Proper noun

چینود • (çineved)

(Zoroastrianism) Chinvat, the bridge from earth to heaven.

Descendants

Turkish: çinvat

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چینود”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 748

Persian

Alternative forms

چنیود (čanīwad) (obsolete medieval variant)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cynwt' /⁠činwad⁠/), which was borrowed from Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬬𐬀𐬙𐬋 (cinvatō). Both the concept and the word were then transferred to Islam following the Arab conquests.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː.na.ˈwad/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.nä.wǽd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.nä.wǽd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.nä.wǽd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.næ.vǽd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.nä.vǽd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čīnawad
Dari reading^?	čīnawad
Iranian reading^?	činavad
Tajik reading^?	činavad

Proper noun

چینود • (činavad)

(Zoroastrianism, Islam) An extremely narrow bridge that Zoroastrians and Muslims believe all souls will cross on Doomsday, with only the virtuous able to cross. Called the Chinvat Bridge in Avestan and al-Ṣirāṭ in Arabic.
Synonym: (Islam) صراط (serât)
- 1066, Asadī Ṭūsī, گرشاسپ‌نامه [Garshāsp Nāma]:
  ترا هست محشر رسول حجاز
  دهنده به پول چنیود جواز
  tu rā hast mahšar rasūl-i hijāz
  dihanda ba pūl-i čanīwad jawāz
  On Resurrection Day, the Prophet from Hejaz is there for you
  To grant the right of passage on the Bridge of Chinavad.
  (Classical Persian romanization)