صنم

Arabic

Root
ص ن م (ṣ n m)
1 term

Cognate with Akkadian 𒀩 (ṣalmum) and Biblical Hebrew צֶלֶם (ṣɛ́lɛm), with dissimilation of /l/ to /n/.

صَنَمَ • (ṣanama) I, non-past يَصْنِمُ‎ (yaṣnimu)

صَنَم • (ṣanam) m (plural أَصْنَام (ʔaṣnām))

Declension of noun صَنَم (ṣanam)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَم ṣanam	الصَّنَم aṣ-ṣanam	صَنَم ṣanam
Nominative	صَنَمٌ ṣanamun	الصَّنَمُ aṣ-ṣanamu	صَنَمُ ṣanamu
Accusative	صَنَمًا ṣanaman	الصَّنَمَ aṣ-ṣanama	صَنَمَ ṣanama
Genitive	صَنَمٍ ṣanamin	الصَّنَمِ aṣ-ṣanami	صَنَمِ ṣanami
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَمَيْن ṣanamayn	الصَّنَمَيْن aṣ-ṣanamayn	صَنَمَيْ ṣanamay
Nominative	صَنَمَانِ ṣanamāni	الصَّنَمَانِ aṣ-ṣanamāni	صَنَمَا ṣanamā
Accusative	صَنَمَيْنِ ṣanamayni	الصَّنَمَيْنِ aṣ-ṣanamayni	صَنَمَيْ ṣanamay
Genitive	صَنَمَيْنِ ṣanamayni	الصَّنَمَيْنِ aṣ-ṣanamayni	صَنَمَيْ ṣanamay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْنَام ʔaṣnām	الْأَصْنَام al-ʔaṣnām	أَصْنَام ʔaṣnām
Nominative	أَصْنَامٌ ʔaṣnāmun	الْأَصْنَامُ al-ʔaṣnāmu	أَصْنَامُ ʔaṣnāmu
Accusative	أَصْنَامًا ʔaṣnāman	الْأَصْنَامَ al-ʔaṣnāma	أَصْنَامَ ʔaṣnāma
Genitive	أَصْنَامٍ ʔaṣnāmin	الْأَصْنَامِ al-ʔaṣnāmi	أَصْنَامِ ʔaṣnāmi

→ Persian: صَنَم (sanam)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: सनम (sanam)
  Urdu: صنم (sanam)
- → Punjabi: ਸਨਮ (sanam)
→ Somali: sanam
→ Swahili: sanamu

Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “صنم”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863) “صنم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nǽm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.nǽm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.nǽm]

صَنَم • (sanam) (plural اَصنام (asnâm))

صَنَم • (sanam) m (Hindi spelling सनम)

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