See also: سنو

Chadian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

Pronoun edit

شنو (šunu)

  1. what?
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 12:19:
      وَ خَلَاصْ، فِرْعَوْن نَادَى أَبْرَامْ وَ قَالْ لَيَّهْ: «دَا شُنُو الْإِنْتَ سَوَّيْتَهْ لَيِّ دَا؟ وَ مَالَا مَا أَوْرَيْتنِي كَدَرْ هِي مَرْتَكْ؟
      Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said: what have you done to me? and why did you not say that she was your wife?

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

شنو (šinu)

  1. (interrogative) what?
    شنو اسمك؟
    Šinu ismik?
    What's your name? (said to a male)
    شنو اسمج؟
    Šinu ismič?
    What's your name? (said to a female)

Iraqi Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

شنو (šinu)

  1. (interrogative) what?

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃnuː/
  • (file)

Pronoun edit

شنو (šnū)

  1. (interrogative) what?
    شنو قال خاك؟
    šnu qāl ḵāk
    What did your brother say?

Persian edit

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? šinaw, šunaw
Dari reading? šinaw, šunaw
Iranian reading? šenow, šonow
Tajik reading? šinav, šunav

Verb edit

شنو (šenow, šunow)

  1. present stem of شنیدن (šenidan, šonidan)

Sudanese Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

شنو (šinu)

  1. what?