سن

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See also: شن

Arabic

Root
س ن ن (s-n-n)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَنّ (sannm

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sinn/
  • (file)

Noun

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
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: سِنّ (senn)
  • Maltese: sinna
  • Moroccan Arabic: سنة (sanna)
  • South Levantine Arabic: سن (sinn)

References

Azerbaijani

Pronoun

سن

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

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (thou).

Pronoun

سن (sän)

  1. you (singular, familiar), thou

Declension

Karakhanid

Etymology

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

Pronoun

سَنْ (sen)

  1. thou; you

Related terms

Postposition

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

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

Khalaj

Pronoun

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

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

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *sen.

Pronoun

سن (sen)

  1. you (singular), thou
Declension

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Noun

سن (sinn)

  1. tooth
  2. age

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Seine.

Proper noun

سن (Sen)

  1. the Seine
    • 1885–1886, Abdülhak Hâmid, دیوانه‌لكلرم یاخود بلده, page 11:
      اوچ فياقر اوزره کنار سنده
      Üç fiakr üzre kenar-ı Sende
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

Dari سنّ
Iranian Persian
Tajik син

سِنّ (senn)

  1. age

Etymology 2

From French scène.

Pronunciation

Noun

سِن (sen)

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

Etymology 3

Possibly cognate with Proto-Slavic *sěno.

Alternative forms

Noun

سن (san)

  1. (archaic) ivy

Etymology 4

From French Seine.

Proper noun

سن (sen)

  1. (Iran) the Seine (French river)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Pronunciation

Noun

سن (sinnm (plural سنان (snān))

  1. tooth
    فرشاية السنانfuršāyet is-snāntoothbrush
    (file)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

سِن (sinm (Hindi spelling सिन)

  1. age
    Synonym: عمر (ʾumar)

References

  • سن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.