See also: شن

Arabic edit

Root
س ن ن (s-n-n)

Etymology 1 edit

Etymologically related to سن (sinn, tooth, sense 3); also compare the letter ش (š).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

سَنَّ (sanna) I, non-past يَسُنُّ‎ (yasunnu)

  1. to sharpen, to whet, to hone, to grind
  2. to mold, to shape, to form
  3. to prescribe, to introduce, to enact
  4. to institute, to establish a method
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سَنّ (sannm

  1. verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna) (form I)
  2. prescription, introduction, enactment
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅗 (šinnum), Aramaic שנא (šinā’), Ge'ez ስን (sən), and Hebrew שֵׁן (shén).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sinn/
  • (file)

Noun edit

سِنّ (sinnf (plural أَسْنَان (ʔasnān) or أَسِنَّة (ʔasinna) or أَسُنّ (ʔasunn))

  1. tooth, tusk, fang
    أُنَظِّفُ أَسْنَانِيʔunaẓẓifu ʔasnānīI am brushing my teeth
  2. point or tip
  3. a spearhead or arrowhead
  4. age (years of life)
  5. cog, sprocket, prong
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Gulf Arabic: سِنّ (senn)
  • Maltese: sinna
  • Moroccan Arabic: سنة (sanna)
  • South Levantine Arabic: سن (sinn)

References edit

Azerbaijani edit

Pronoun edit

سن

  1. Arabic spelling of sən (you (singular))

Chagatai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *sen (thou).

Pronoun edit

سن (sän)

  1. you (singular, familiar), thou

Declension edit

Karakhanid edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *sen (thou). Cognate with Turkish sen (you), -sin (second person singular suffix), Old Turkic 𐰾𐰤 (sen, you).

Pronoun edit

سَنْ (sen)

  1. thou; you

Related terms edit

Postposition edit

سَنْ (sen)

  1. Denotes "to be" for second person singular when at the end of an object; are.
  2. Denotes second person singular after various tenses.

Usage notes edit

  • It can be said that the postposition acts as a suffix.

Khalaj edit

Pronoun edit

سَن (sən) (definite accusative مه‌نۆ, plural سیز)

  1. Arabic spelling of sən (you (singular), thou)

See also edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Turkic *sen.

Pronoun edit

سن (sen)

  1. you (singular), thou
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Noun edit

سن (sinn)

  1. tooth
  2. age

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from French Seine.

Proper noun edit

سن (Sen)

  1. the Seine

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? sinn, sin
Dari reading? sinn, sin
Iranian reading? senn, sen
Tajik reading? sin

Noun edit

Dari سنّ
Iranian Persian
Tajik син

سِنّ (senn)

  1. age

Etymology 2 edit

From French scène.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سِن (sen)

  1. (Iran) stage
    Synonym: صحنه (sahne)

Etymology 3 edit

Possibly cognate with Proto-Slavic *sěno.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

سن (san)

  1. (archaic) ivy

Etymology 4 edit

From French Seine.

Proper noun edit

سن (sen)

  1. (Iran) the Seine (French river)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سن (sinnm (plural سنان (snān))

  1. tooth
    فرشاية السنانfuršāyet is-snāntoothbrush
    (file)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian سن (sinn), from Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سِن (sinm (Hindi spelling सिन)

  1. age
    Synonym: عمر (ʾumar)

References edit

  • سن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.