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سن

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See also: شن

Arabic

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Root
س ن ن (s n n)
7 terms

Etymology 1

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Etymologically related to سن (sinn, tooth, sense 3); also compare the letter ش (š).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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سَنَّ (sanna) I (non-past يَسُنُّ (yasunnu), verbal noun سَنّ (sann))

  1. to sharpen, to whet, to hone, to grind
  2. to mold, to shape, to form
  3. to prescribe, to introduce, to enact
  4. to institute, to establish a method
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَنّ (sannm

  1. verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna) (form I)
  2. prescription, introduction, enactment
Declension
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Semitic *šinn-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅗 (šinnum), Aramaic שנא (šinā’), Ge'ez ስን (sən), and Hebrew שֵׁן (shén).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sinn/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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سِنّ (sinnf (plural أَسْنَان (ʔasnān) or أَسِنَّة (ʔasinna) or أَسُنّ (ʔasunn))

  1. tooth, tusk, fang
    أُنَظِّفُ أَسْنَانِيʔunaẓẓifu ʔasnānīI am brushing my teeth
  2. point or tip
  3. a spearhead or arrowhead
  4. age (years of life)
  5. cog, sprocket, prong
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Gulf Arabic: سِنّ (senn)
  • Maltese: sinna
  • Moroccan Arabic: سنة (sanna)
  • South Levantine Arabic: سن (sinn)

References

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Azerbaijani

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Pronoun

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سن

  1. Arabic spelling of sən (you (singular))

Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sen (thou).

Pronoun

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سن (sän)

  1. you (singular, familiar), thou

Declension

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Karakhanid

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sen (thou). Cognate with Turkish sen (you), -sin (second person singular suffix), Old Turkic 𐰾𐰤 (sen, you).

Pronoun

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سَنْ (sen)

  1. thou; you
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Postposition

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سَنْ (sen)

  1. Denotes "to be" for second person singular when at the end of an object; are.
  2. Denotes second person singular after various tenses.

Usage notes

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  • It can be said that the postposition acts as a suffix.

Khalaj

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Pronoun

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سَن (sən) (definite accusative مه‌نۆ, plural سیز)

  1. Arabic spelling of sən (you (singular), thou)

See also

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Old Anatolian Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Common Turkic *sen, from oblique forms of Proto-Turkic *sẹ.

Pronoun

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سَنْ (sän)

  1. thou, you (second person singular pronoun)

Descendants

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *sen.

Pronoun

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سن (sen)

  1. you (singular), thou
Declension
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Noun

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سن (sinn)

  1. tooth
  2. age

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from French Seine.

Proper noun

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سن (Sen)

  1. the Seine
Descendants
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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sinn, sin
Dari reading? sinn, sin
Iranian reading? senn, sen
Tajik reading? sin

Noun

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Dari سنّ
Iranian Persian
Tajik син

سِنّ (senn)

  1. age

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French scène.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سِن (sen)

  1. (Iran) stage
    Synonym: صحنه (sahne)

Etymology 3

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Possibly cognate with Proto-Slavic *sěno.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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سن (san)

  1. (archaic) ivy

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from French Seine.

Proper noun

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سن (sen)

  1. (Iran) the Seine (French river)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سن (sinnm (plural سنان (snān))

  1. tooth
    فرشاية السنانfuršāyet is-snāntoothbrush
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سن (sinn), from Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

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Noun

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سِن (sinm (Hindi spelling सिन)

  1. age
    Synonym: عمر (ʾumar)

References

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  • سن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.