סנה
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
editCompare Classical Syriac ܣܢܝܐ. If related to Arabic سنا (“senna”), perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”).
Noun
editסְנֶה • (s'né) m
- (biblical) an unidentified type of bush or bramble, one of which was the burning bush
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).
Noun
editסֻנָּה • (suná) f
References
edit- Lane, Edward William (1863) “סנה”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1448
- “senna”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
edit- סנה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- סונה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he