صنم

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Arabic

Root
ص ن م (ṣ n m)
1 term

Etymology 1.1

Cognate with Akkadian 𒀩 (ṣalmum) and Biblical Hebrew צֶלֶם (ṣɛ́lɛm), with dissimilation of /l/ to /n/.

Pronunciation

Noun

صَنَم (ṣanamm (plural أَصْنَام (ʔaṣnām))

  1. idol
Declension
Descendants
  • Persian: صَنَم (sanam)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: सनम (sanam)
      Urdu: صنم (sanam)
    • Punjabi: ਸਨਮ (sanam)
  • Somali: sanam
  • Swahili: sanamu

Etymology 1.2

Denominal from صَنَم (ṣanam, idol).

Verb

صَنَّمَ (ṣannama) II (non-past يُصَنِّمُ (yuṣannimu), verbal noun تَصْنِيم (taṣnīm))

  1. to make an idol
  2. to represent (something) in the image of an idol
  3. (figurative) to shape, to form
    Synonym: صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)
Conjugation

Etymology 2.1

Verb

صَنِمَ (ṣanima) I (non-past يَصْنَمُ (yaṣnamu), verbal noun صَنْم (ṣanm))

  1. to become bad (of a smell)
  2. to smell bad (of the body, etc.)
Conjugation

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنَم (ṣanam).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sanam
Dari reading? sanam
Iranian reading? sanam
Tajik reading? sanam

Noun

صَنَم (sanam) (plural اَصنام (asnâm))

  1. idol
    Synonym: بت (bot)
  2. (figurative) lover, sweetheart

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَنَم (sanam), from Arabic صَنَم (ṣanam).

Pronunciation

Noun

صَنَم (sanamm (Hindi spelling सनम)

  1. (figurative) sweetheart, love
    Synonym: جان (jān)
  2. (literal or figurative) idol
    Synonyms: بُت (but), مورت (mūrat)

Declension

    Declension of صنم
singular plural
direct صَنَم (sanam) صَنَم (sanam)
oblique صَنَم (sanam) صَنَموں (sanamõ)
vocative صَنَم (sanam) صَنَمو (sanamo)

Derived terms

References

  • صنم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • صنم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.