گناهکار

Persian

Alternative forms

گناه‌کار (gonâh-kâr), گنهکار (gonah-kâr)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (wnʾskʾl /⁠wināhgār⁠/).^[1] Equivalent to (gonâh) +‎ (-kâr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡu.naːh.ˈkaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.nɑːɦ.kʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.nɑː.kʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.nɔː.kʰɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.nɒːɦ.kʰɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.nɔɦ.kʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gunāhkār
Dari reading^?	gunāhkār
Iranian reading^?	gonâhkâr
Tajik reading^?	gunohkor

Noun


Iranian Persian	گناه‌کار
Dari	گناه‌کار
Tajik	гуноҳкор

گناهکار • (gonâh-kâr)

sinner

Related terms

بی‌گناه (bi-gonâh)
گناه (gonâh)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: günahkar
→ Ottoman Turkish: كناهكار (günahkâr)
- Turkish: günahkâr
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: गुनहगार (gunahgār)

Urdu: گُنَہْگَار (gunahgār)
→ Uyghur: گۇناھكار (gunahkar)
→ Uzbek: gunohkor
→ Kazakh: күнәһар (künähar)
→ Kyrgyz: күнөөкөр (künöökör)

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wināhgār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 91