شنار

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See also: سنار, سبار, and شناز

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شنار (šanār).

Noun

شِنَار or شَنَار • (šinār or šanār) m (obsolete)

  1. affront, improper speech, defamation
  2. ignominy, deformity, vice
  3. a horse looking sorry for itself

Declension

Declension of noun شِنَار (šinār)‎; شَنَار (šanār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شِنَار‎; شَنَار
šinār‎; šanār 		الشِّنَار‎; الشَّنَار
aš-šinār‎; aš-šanār 		شِنَار‎; شَنَار
šinār‎; šanār
Nominative شِنَارٌ‎; شَنَارٌ
šinārun‎; šanārun 		الشِّنَارُ‎; الشَّنَارُ
aš-šināru‎; aš-šanāru 		شِنَارُ‎; شَنَارُ
šināru‎; šanāru
Accusative شِنَارًا‎; شَنَارًا
šināran‎; šanāran 		الشِّنَارَ‎; الشَّنَارَ
aš-šināra‎; aš-šanāra 		شِنَارَ‎; شَنَارَ
šināra‎; šanāra
Genitive شِنَارٍ‎; شَنَارٍ
šinārin‎; šanārin 		الشِّنَارِ‎; الشَّنَارِ
aš-šināri‎; aš-šanāri 		شِنَارِ‎; شَنَارِ
šināri‎; šanāri

Derived terms

Noun

شَنَار or شَنَّار • (šanār or šannār) m (obsolete)

  1. horehound

Declension

Declension of noun شَنَار (šanār)‎; شَنَّار (šannār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شَنَار‎; شَنَّار
šanār‎; šannār 		الشَّنَار‎; الشَّنَّار
aš-šanār‎; aš-šannār 		شَنَار‎; شَنَّار
šanār‎; šannār
Nominative شَنَارٌ‎; شَنَّارٌ
šanārun‎; šannārun 		الشَّنَارُ‎; الشَّنَّارُ
aš-šanāru‎; aš-šannāru 		شَنَارُ‎; شَنَّارُ
šanāru‎; šannāru
Accusative شَنَارًا‎; شَنَّارًا
šanāran‎; šannāran 		الشَّنَارَ‎; الشَّنَّارَ
aš-šanāra‎; aš-šannāra 		شَنَارَ‎; شَنَّارَ
šanāra‎; šannāra
Genitive شَنَارٍ‎; شَنَّارٍ
šanārin‎; šannārin 		الشَّنَارِ‎; الشَّنَّارِ
aš-šanāri‎; aš-šannāri 		شَنَارِ‎; شَنَّارِ
šanāri‎; šannāri

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 734
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شنار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 790b
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 112
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “شنار”, 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 1276a
  • Steinschneider, Moritz (1898) “Heilmittelnamen der Araber”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎, volume 12, page 225 Nr. 1452

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šanār, šinār

Etymology

See the swimming word, in this case from a form *snā-θra with the tool suffix *-θra from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šanār, šinār
Dari reading? šanār, šinār
Iranian reading? šanâr, šenâr
Tajik reading? šanor, šinor

Noun

شنار • (šanār, šinār) (obsolete)

  1. Obsolete form of شنا (šinā, “swimming”).
  2. affront, improper speech, defamation
  3. sprig, offshoot
  4. horehound

Descendants

  • → Arabic: شَنَار (šanār), شِنَار (šinār)

References

  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “شنار”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 468
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