سنا

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
س ن و (s n w)
6 terms

Verb

سَنَا (sanā) I (non-past يَسْنُو (yasnū), verbal noun سَنْو (sanw) or سَنَاوَة (sanāwa))

  1. to irrigate, to water
  2. to bring up, to draw (water)
  3. to shine, to luster, to gleam
Conjugation

Verb

سَنَا (sanā) I (non-past يَسْنُو (yasnū), verbal noun سَنَاء (sanāʔ))

  1. to shine, to luster, to gleam
Conjugation

Noun

سَنًا (sananm

  1. shine, luster, gleam
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:43:
      أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَٰهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِن بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَن مَّن يَشَاءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْأَبْصَارِ
      ʔalam tara ʔanna llāha yuzjī saḥāban ṯumma yuʔallifu baynahu ṯumma yajʕaluhu rukāman fatarā l-wadqa yaḵruju min ḵilālihi wayunazzilu mina s-samāʔi min jibālin fīhā min baradin fayuṣību bihi man yašāʔu wayaṣrifuhu ʕan man yašāʔu yakādu sanā barqihi yaḏhabu bi-l-ʔabṣāri
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

سَنَا (sanām

  1. senna
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سنا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 367
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “سنا”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1154
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سنا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1448

Persian

Etymology

From French sénat.

Noun

سنا (senâ)

  1. senate

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (suṇṇa), from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, empty). Cognate with Urdu سُونا (sūnā) and Saraiki سُن٘ڄا (suṉǰā)

Pronunciation

Adjective

سُنّا (sunnā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੁੰਨਾ) (dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of سُن٘جا (suṉjā, desolate; deserted; empty; lonely)

Declension

Declension of سنا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct سُنّا (sunnā) سُنّے (sunne) سُنّی (sunnī) سُنِّیاں (sunniyāṉ)
oblique سُنّے (sunne) سُنّیاں (sunneyāṉ) سُنّی (sunnī) سُنِّیاں (sunniyāṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سُنّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸੁੰਨਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śūnyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit .

Adverb

سنا (sanā) (Hindi spelling सना)

  1. always
  2. ever
  3. continually

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَنَا (sanā).

Noun

سنا (sanām (Hindi spelling सना)

  1. senna