منشار

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Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from نَشَرَ (našara, “to spread; to saw”), from the root ن ش ر (n-š-r).

Cognate with Hebrew מסור (masór).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /min.ʃaːr/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /mun.ʃaːr/, /man.ʃaːr/

Noun

مِنْشَار • (minšār) m (plural مَنَاشِير (manāšīr))

  1. saw
  2. a spot where fruits like raisins or figs are spread to dry
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 666 line 3 et 5 a fine:
      ويضم الزبيب اليابس واليين اليابس من المنشار بالغدوات وهو بارد من هواء الليل ونداية وإن غطي الزبيب والتين وهما في المنشار بالليل قبل أن ينبا بحصر نظاف من بردي وشبهه وكشفا للشمس بالنهار أسرع لذلك يبسهما وكذلك إن فرشا في أرض مبورة
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    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 669 line 13:
      ويجمع التين إذا سقط في الأرض بعد تناهي نضجه ويفرش على رتم أو ديس يابس وييبس للشمس نعما ويترك إذا يبس ليلة منشورا للندى ويرفع من الغد فبل طلوع الشمس وفيه ندوة الليل وبرودة الهواء ويستر بعد ذلك عن الشمس ويتحفظ من الندى في البيوت وإن اختزن في ظروف فخار فيرفع من المنشار وفيه رطوبة يسيرة
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  3. (obsolete) winnowing fan
    Synonym: مِنْسَف (minsaf)

Declension

Declension of noun مِنْشَار (minšār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِنْشَار
minšār 		الْمِنْشَار
al-minšār 		مِنْشَار
minšār
Nominative مِنْشَارٌ
minšārun 		الْمِنْشَارُ
al-minšāru 		مِنْشَارُ
minšāru
Accusative مِنْشَارًا
minšāran 		الْمِنْشَارَ
al-minšāra 		مِنْشَارَ
minšāra
Genitive مِنْشَارٍ
minšārin 		الْمِنْشَارِ
al-minšāri 		مِنْشَارِ
minšāri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِنْشَارَيْن
minšārayn 		الْمِنْشَارَيْن
al-minšārayn 		مِنْشَارَيْ
minšāray
Nominative مِنْشَارَانِ
minšārāni 		الْمِنْشَارَانِ
al-minšārāni 		مِنْشَارَا
minšārā
Accusative مِنْشَارَيْنِ
minšārayni 		الْمِنْشَارَيْنِ
al-minšārayni 		مِنْشَارَيْ
minšāray
Genitive مِنْشَارَيْنِ
minšārayni 		الْمِنْشَارَيْنِ
al-minšārayni 		مِنْشَارَيْ
minšāray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنَاشِير
manāšīr 		الْمَنَاشِير
al-manāšīr 		مَنَاشِير
manāšīr
Nominative مَنَاشِيرُ
manāšīru 		الْمَنَاشِيرُ
al-manāšīru 		مَنَاشِيرُ
manāšīru
Accusative مَنَاشِيرَ
manāšīra 		الْمَنَاشِيرَ
al-manāšīra 		مَنَاشِيرَ
manāšīra
Genitive مَنَاشِيرَ
manāšīra 		الْمَنَاشِيرِ
al-manāšīri 		مَنَاشِيرِ
manāšīri

Descendants

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “منشار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 671b
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “منشار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 280b
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “منشار”, 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 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1260a
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “منشار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2795b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “منشار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1069
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “منشار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1133a
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “منشار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1274a

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ن ش ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mun.ʃaːr/, /man.ʃaːr/

Noun

مُنشار or مَنشار • (munšār or manšār) m (plural مناشر (mnāšar))

  1. saw

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār, “saw; winnowing fan”).

Noun

منشار • (minşar) (plural مناشیر (manaşir))

  1. saw, a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances
    Synonyms: اره (erre), بچقی (bıçkı)
  2. winnowing fan, a basket in which grain is shaken in order to remove the chaff

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? minšār
Dari reading? minšār
Iranian reading? menšâr
Tajik reading? minšor

Noun

Dari منشار
Iranian Persian
Tajik миншор

منشار • (menšâr) (plural مناشیر (manâšir) or منشارها (menšâr-hâ))

  1. (rare) saw
    Synonym: اره (arre)
  2. (rare) winnowing fan
  3. (rare) sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
    Synonym: اره‌ماهی (arre-mâhi)

References

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