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