شنان

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word شنان. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word شنان, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say شنان in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word شنان you have here. The definition of the word شنان will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofشنان, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Arabic

Etymology 1

Doublet of أُشْنَان (ʔušnān, saltwort).

Noun

شَنَان (šanānm (plural شَنَانَات (šanānāt))

  1. (obsolete) raft
    Synonyms: كَلَك (kalak), رَمَث (ramaṯ), طَوْف (ṭawf)
    • 915, At-Ṭabarī, Tārīḵ, ed. de Goeje series 3 page 1758 line 8, web here and there:
      وكان هناك موضع فيه زهاء ثلثمائة زرنوق، فأمر بأخذها فأخذت، وقرن بعضها ببعض حتى صارت كالشنانات، وطرحت إلى الماء، وركبها المقاتلة فلحقوا القوم، فقال بعضهم: […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

شِنَان (šinānpl

  1. plural of variety of شَنّ (šann, waterskin)

Etymology 3

Root
ش ن ن (š n n)
2 terms

From شَنَّ (šanna, to pour).

Adjective

شُنَان (šunān) (feminine شُنَانَة (šunāna))

  1. diffused, spilled, spread
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شنان”, 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 454a
  • Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1901), Annales quos scripsit Abu Djafar Mohammed Ibn Djarir aṭ-Ṭabarī. Introductio, Glossarium, Addenda et Emendanda (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1901, page 317
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “شنان”, 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 1274a

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šunān

Noun

شنان (šonân)

  1. Alternative form of اشنان (ošnân)