سنار

Arabic

Noun

سُنَّار • (sunnār) m (plural سَنَانِير (sanānīr))

1. Alternative form of سِنَّوْر (sinnawr, “cat”)

Declension

Declension of noun سُنَّار (sunnār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُنَّار sunnār	السُّنَّار as-sunnār	سُنَّار sunnār
Nominative	سُنَّارٌ sunnārun	السُّنَّارُ as-sunnāru	سُنَّارُ sunnāru
Accusative	سُنَّارًا sunnāran	السُّنَّارَ as-sunnāra	سُنَّارَ sunnāra
Genitive	سُنَّارٍ sunnārin	السُّنَّارِ as-sunnāri	سُنَّارِ sunnāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُنَّارَيْن sunnārayn	السُّنَّارَيْن as-sunnārayn	سُنَّارَيْ sunnāray
Nominative	سُنَّارَانِ sunnārāni	السُّنَّارَانِ as-sunnārāni	سُنَّارَا sunnārā
Accusative	سُنَّارَيْنِ sunnārayni	السُّنَّارَيْنِ as-sunnārayni	سُنَّارَيْ sunnāray
Genitive	سُنَّارَيْنِ sunnārayni	السُّنَّارَيْنِ as-sunnārayni	سُنَّارَيْ sunnāray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنَانِير sanānīr	السَّنَانِير as-sanānīr	سَنَانِير sanānīr
Nominative	سَنَانِيرُ sanānīru	السَّنَانِيرُ as-sanānīru	سَنَانِيرُ sanānīru
Accusative	سَنَانِيرَ sanānīra	السَّنَانِيرَ as-sanānīra	سَنَانِيرَ sanānīra
Genitive	سَنَانِيرَ sanānīra	السَّنَانِيرِ as-sanānīri	سَنَانِيرِ sanānīri

Persian

Etymology 1

From Parthian [Manichaean needed] (snʾr /⁠snār⁠/, “shallow, mudbank”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.nɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɑːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.nɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sanār
Dari reading?	sanār
Iranian reading?	senâr
Tajik reading?	sanor

Noun

Dari	سنار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	санор

سنار • (sanâr)

1. shoal, sandbank

Etymology 2

*-θra-suffixed form of سنه (sunah, “daughter-in-law”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [su.nɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.nɑːɾ], [sɪ.nɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.nɑːɾ], [sɪ.nɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.nɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.nɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.nɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.nɔɾ], [si.nɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sunār
Dari reading?	sunār, sinār
Iranian reading?	sonâr
Tajik reading?	sunor, sinor

Noun

Dari	سنار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сунор, синор

سنار • (sonâr)

1. Alternative form of سنه (sonah, “daughter-in-law”)

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سنار”, 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^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 325b
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سنه”, 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^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 339b