شن

See also: سن

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ش ن ن (š n n)
2 terms

Middle Iranian borrowings related to Persian (šanā, “swimming”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃan.na/

Verb

شَنَّ • (šanna) I (non-past يَشُنُّ (yašunnu), verbal noun شَنّ (šann))

to launch (war; campaign)
(obsolete) to pour, to let flow, to toss
- a. 800, أبو زيد سعيد بن أوس الأنصاري [ʔabū zayd saʕīd ibn ʔaws al-ʔanṣārīy], كتاب النوادر [Buch der Seltenheiten]:
  Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften‎ (in German), volume 3, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, page 484:
  يَا كَرَوَانًا ضُكَّ فَأَكْبَأَنَّا
  فَشَنَّ بِٱلسَلْخِ فَلَمَّا شَنَّا … بَلَّ ٱلذُنَابَى عَبَسًا مُبِنَّا
  yā karawānan ḍukka faʔakbaʔannā
  fašanna bi-s-salḵi falammā šannā … balla ḏ-ḏunābā ʕabasan mubinnā
  You thick-knee! Which when bumped will clew and toss dung and having hurled … moistens the tail with sticky soil!
(obsolete) to don, to put on (دِرْع (dirʕ))

Conjugation

Conjugation of شَنَّ (I, geminate, a ~ u, full passive (?), verbal noun شَنّ)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					شَنّ šann
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					شَانّ šānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَشْنُون mašnūn
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	شَنَنْتُ šanantu	شَنَنْتَ šananta	شَنَّ šanna	شَنَنْتُمَا šanantumā	شَنَّا šannā	شَنَنَّا šanannā	شَنَنْتُمْ šanantum	شَنُّوا šannū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	شَنَنْتُ šanantu	شَنَنْتِ šananti	شَنَّتْ šannat	شَنَنْتُمَا šanantumā	شَنَّتَا šannatā	شَنَنَّا šanannā	شَنَنْتُنَّ šanantunna	شَنَنَّ šananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَشُنُّ ʔašunnu	تَشُنُّ tašunnu	يَشُنُّ yašunnu	تَشُنَّانِ tašunnāni	يَشُنَّانِ yašunnāni	نَشُنُّ našunnu	تَشُنُّونَ tašunnūna	يَشُنُّونَ yašunnūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَشُنُّ ʔašunnu	تَشُنِّينَ tašunnīna	تَشُنُّ tašunnu	تَشُنَّانِ tašunnāni	تَشُنَّانِ tašunnāni	نَشُنُّ našunnu	تَشْنُنَّ tašnunna	يَشْنُنَّ yašnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَشُنَّ ʔašunna	تَشُنَّ tašunna	يَشُنَّ yašunna	تَشُنَّا tašunnā	يَشُنَّا yašunnā	نَشُنَّ našunna	تَشُنُّوا tašunnū	يَشُنُّوا yašunnū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَشُنَّ ʔašunna	تَشُنِّي tašunnī	تَشُنَّ tašunna	تَشُنَّا tašunnā	تَشُنَّا tašunnā	نَشُنَّ našunna	تَشْنُنَّ tašnunna	يَشْنُنَّ yašnunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَشُنَّ, أَشُنِّ, أَشْنُنْ ʔašunna, ʔašunni, ʔašnun	تَشُنَّ, تَشُنِّ, تَشْنُنْ tašunna, tašunni, tašnun	يَشُنَّ, يَشُنِّ, يَشْنُنْ yašunna, yašunni, yašnun	تَشُنَّا tašunnā	يَشُنَّا yašunnā	نَشُنَّ, نَشُنِّ, نَشْنُنْ našunna, našunni, našnun	تَشُنُّوا tašunnū	يَشُنُّوا yašunnū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَشُنَّ, أَشُنِّ, أَشْنُنْ ʔašunna, ʔašunni, ʔašnun	تَشُنِّي tašunnī	تَشُنَّ, تَشُنِّ, تَشْنُنْ tašunna, tašunni, tašnun	تَشُنَّا tašunnā	تَشُنَّا tašunnā	نَشُنَّ, نَشُنِّ, نَشْنُنْ našunna, našunni, našnun	تَشْنُنَّ tašnunna	يَشْنُنَّ yašnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		شُنَّ, شُنِّ, اُشْنُنْ šunna, šunni, ušnun		شُنَّا šunnā			شُنُّوا šunnū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		شُنِّي šunnī		شُنَّا šunnā			اُشْنُنَّ ušnunna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	شُنِنْتُ šunintu	شُنِنْتَ šuninta	شُنَّ šunna	شُنِنْتُمَا šunintumā	شُنَّا šunnā	شُنِنَّا šuninnā	شُنِنْتُمْ šunintum	شُنُّوا šunnū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	شُنِنْتُ šunintu	شُنِنْتِ šuninti	شُنَّتْ šunnat	شُنِنْتُمَا šunintumā	شُنَّتَا šunnatā	شُنِنَّا šuninnā	شُنِنْتُنَّ šunintunna	شُنِنَّ šuninna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُشَنُّ ʔušannu	تُشَنُّ tušannu	يُشَنُّ yušannu	تُشَنَّانِ tušannāni	يُشَنَّانِ yušannāni	نُشَنُّ nušannu	تُشَنُّونَ tušannūna	يُشَنُّونَ yušannūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُشَنُّ ʔušannu	تُشَنِّينَ tušannīna	تُشَنُّ tušannu	تُشَنَّانِ tušannāni	تُشَنَّانِ tušannāni	نُشَنُّ nušannu	تُشْنَنَّ tušnanna	يُشْنَنَّ yušnanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُشَنَّ ʔušanna	تُشَنَّ tušanna	يُشَنَّ yušanna	تُشَنَّا tušannā	يُشَنَّا yušannā	نُشَنَّ nušanna	تُشَنُّوا tušannū	يُشَنُّوا yušannū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُشَنَّ ʔušanna	تُشَنِّي tušannī	تُشَنَّ tušanna	تُشَنَّا tušannā	تُشَنَّا tušannā	نُشَنَّ nušanna	تُشْنَنَّ tušnanna	يُشْنَنَّ yušnanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُشَنَّ, أُشَنِّ, أُشْنَنْ ʔušanna, ʔušanni, ʔušnan	تُشَنَّ, تُشَنِّ, تُشْنَنْ tušanna, tušanni, tušnan	يُشَنَّ, يُشَنِّ, يُشْنَنْ yušanna, yušanni, yušnan	تُشَنَّا tušannā	يُشَنَّا yušannā	نُشَنَّ, نُشَنِّ, نُشْنَنْ nušanna, nušanni, nušnan	تُشَنُّوا tušannū	يُشَنُّوا yušannū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُشَنَّ, أُشَنِّ, أُشْنَنْ ʔušanna, ʔušanni, ʔušnan	تُشَنِّي tušannī	تُشَنَّ, تُشَنِّ, تُشْنَنْ tušanna, tušanni, tušnan	تُشَنَّا tušannā	تُشَنَّا tušannā	نُشَنَّ, نُشَنِّ, نُشْنَنْ nušanna, nušanni, nušnan	تُشْنَنَّ tušnanna	يُشْنَنَّ yušnanna

Noun

شَنّ • (šann) m (collective, singulative شَنَّة f (šanna), plural شِنَان (šinān))

waterskin
- 7th century CE, Sunan Ibn Mājah, 30:62:
  " إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ مَاءٌ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ فَٱسْقِنَا وَإِلَّا كَرَعْنَا " . قَالَ عِنْدِي مَاءٌ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ . فَٱنْطَلَقَ وَٱنْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ إِلَى ٱلْعَرِيشِ فَحَلَبَ لَهُ شَاةً عَلَى مَاءٍ بَاتَ فِي شَنٍّ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَٰلِكَ بِصَاحِبِهِ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ .
  " ʔin kāna ʕindaka māʔun bāta fī šannin fasqinā waʔillā karaʕnā " . qāla ʕindī māʔun bāta fī šannin . fanṭalaqa wanṭalaqnā maʕahu ʔilā l-ʕarīši faḥalaba lahu šātan ʕalā māʔin bāta fī šannin fašariba ṯumma faʕala miṯla ḏālika biṣāḥibihi llaḏī maʕahu .
  ‘If you have any water that has been kept overnight in a water skin, then give us some to drink, otherwise we will drink by putting out mouths in the basin.’ He said: ‘I have water that has been kept in a water skin. So he went and we went with him, to the shelter, where he milked a sheep for him and (mixed it with) the water that had been kept overnight in a water skin. He drank from it, then he did likewise for his Companion who was with him.”

Declension

Declension of noun شَنّ (šann)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَنّ šann	الشَّنّ aš-šann	شَنّ šann
Nominative	شَنٌّ šannun	الشَّنُّ aš-šannu	شَنُّ šannu
Accusative	شَنًّا šannan	الشَّنَّ aš-šanna	شَنَّ šanna
Genitive	شَنٍّ šannin	الشَّنِّ aš-šanni	شَنِّ šanni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَنَّة šanna	الشَّنَّة aš-šanna	شَنَّة šannat
Nominative	شَنَّةٌ šannatun	الشَّنَّةُ aš-šannatu	شَنَّةُ šannatu
Accusative	شَنَّةً šannatan	الشَّنَّةَ aš-šannata	شَنَّةَ šannata
Genitive	شَنَّةٍ šannatin	الشَّنَّةِ aš-šannati	شَنَّةِ šannati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَنَّتَيْن šannatayn	الشَّنَّتَيْن aš-šannatayn	شَنَّتَيْ šannatay
Nominative	شَنَّتَانِ šannatāni	الشَّنَّتَانِ aš-šannatāni	شَنَّتَا šannatā
Accusative	شَنَّتَيْنِ šannatayni	الشَّنَّتَيْنِ aš-šannatayni	شَنَّتَيْ šannatay
Genitive	شَنَّتَيْنِ šannatayni	الشَّنَّتَيْنِ aš-šannatayni	شَنَّتَيْ šannatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَنَّات šannāt	الشَّنَّات aš-šannāt	شَنَّات šannāt
Nominative	شَنَّاتٌ šannātun	الشَّنَّاتُ aš-šannātu	شَنَّاتُ šannātu
Accusative	شَنَّاتٍ šannātin	الشَّنَّاتِ aš-šannāti	شَنَّاتِ šannāti
Genitive	شَنَّاتٍ šannātin	الشَّنَّاتِ aš-šannāti	شَنَّاتِ šannāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِنَان šinān	الشِّنَان aš-šinān	شِنَان šinān
Nominative	شِنَانٌ šinānun	الشِّنَانُ aš-šinānu	شِنَانُ šinānu
Accusative	شِنَانًا šinānan	الشِّنَانَ aš-šināna	شِنَانَ šināna
Genitive	شِنَانٍ šinānin	الشِّنَانِ aš-šināni	شِنَانِ šināni

Derived terms

شَنِين (šanīn, “trickling; milk to which water is added”)
شَنُون (šanūn, “pudgy: somewhat fat, somewhat meagre”)
شُنَانَة (šunāna, “dribbling water”)
أَشَنَّ (ʔašanna, “to launch, to send; to be used up”)
تَشَنَّنَ (tašannana, “to be old, to be used up”)
تَشَانَّنَ (tašānnana, “to be mixed; to be corrugated”)
اِسْتَشَنَّ (istašanna, “to become meagre; to be old, to be used; to want to drink milk”)
شَنَان (šanān, “raft”)
شُنَان (šunān, “diffused, spread”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian շեն (šen).

Adjective

شن • (şen)

gay, light, merry
cultivated, civilised, occupied, populated

Derived terms

شنلك (şenlik)
شنلنمك (şenlenmek)
شنلندرمك (şenlendirmek)
شنلتمك (şenletmek)

Descendants

Turkish: şen
→ Albanian: shend
→ Bulgarian: шенли́в (šenlív)
→ Macedonian: шен (šen), шенлив (šenliv)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ше̑н

Latin script: šȇn

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 515a
Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 556, page 115
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 734b
Mallouf, Nassif (1856) Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 587
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	šin
Dari reading^?	šin
Iranian reading^?	šen
Tajik reading^?	šin

Noun

شِن • (šen)

sand
Synonyms: ریگ (rig), رمل (raml), ماسه (mâse)

Derived terms

شنی (šeni, “sandy, of sand”)

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-m̥no-, from the root *tḱey- (“to cultivate, settle, live”). Compare with Avestan 𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬀 (šaiiana, “place of residence”), Old Armenian շէն (šēn), and Classical Syriac ܫܝܢܐ (šaynā). Sogdian (šyn /⁠šēn⁠/), which is often glossed as “resting place” and adduced as a cognate, in reality means “bed” and is borrowed from Sanskrit शयन (śayana, “bed”), which is from the unrelated root *ḱey- (“to be lying down”).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	šan
Dari reading^?	šan
Iranian reading^?	šan
Tajik reading^?	šan

Suffix

شَن • (šan)

place
Synonyms: گاه (gāh), کده (kade)

Derived terms

گلشن (golšan, “flowerbed rose-garden; place of flowers”)

تبشن (tabšan, “hotspring, place of heat”)

آویشن (āvīšan, “thyme, water-places”)

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit शयन (śayana).

Noun

شن (šen)

a bed

شن

Arabic

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Ottoman Turkish

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Adjective

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Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Suffix

Derived terms

Torwali

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