سنجاب

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سنجاب
squirrel

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (sanjâb).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِنْجَاب (sinjābm (plural سَنَاجِب (sanājib))

  1. squirrel

Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنْجَاب (sinjāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِنْجاب (sinjābm (plural سَنَاجِب (sanājib))

  1. squirrel

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنْجَاب (sinjāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin.ʒaːb/
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Noun

سنجاب (sinjābm (plural سناجب (snājeb))

  1. squirrel
    Synonym: نمس (nams)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (senjâb).

Noun

سنجاب (sincab, sıncab)

  1. squirrel, especially Sciurus anomalus
    Synonym: تیون (teyin)
    • 1871, François-René de Chateaubriand, Atala, Terakkî Matbaası:
      سیاه سنجابلر صیق اغاجلرك یاپراقلری آره‌سنده اویون اوینار.
      Siyah sincablar sık ağacların yaprakları arasında oyun oynar.
      Black squirrels play in the dense foliage.

Descendants

  • Turkish: sincap
  • Armenian: սնճապ (snčap)

See also

References

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (snc'p /⁠sanjâb⁠/), perhaps from the same root as سمور (samur, sable, Martes zibellina). Cognate with Southern Kurdish سنجاو (sincaw).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sanjāḇ, sinjāḇ
Dari reading? sanjāb, sinjāb
Iranian reading? sanjâb, senjâb
Tajik reading? sanjob, sinjob

Noun

Dari سنجاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik санҷоб

سنجاب (sanjâb, senjâb) (plural سنجاب‌ها (sanjâb-hâ, senjâb-hâ))

  1. squirrel
  2. gray squirrel, Sciurus anomalus
  3. fur of the gray squirrel

Synonyms

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (sanjâb).

Noun

سنجاب (sinjābm

  1. squirrel