سن

See also: شن‎

Arabic

Root
س ن ن‎ (s-n-n)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /san.na/

Verb

سَنَّ • (sanna) I, non-past يَسُنُّ‎‎ (yasunnu)

  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

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of سَنَّ‎ (sanna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sann/

Noun

سَنّ • (sann) m

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sinn/
  • (file)

Noun

سِنّ • (sinn) f (plural أَسْنَان‎ (ʔasnān) or أَسِنَّة‎ (ʔasinna) or أَسُنّ‎ (ʔasunn))

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

References

  1. “Sunna”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Azerbaijani

Pronoun

سن

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

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”).

Pronoun

سن (sän)

  1. you (singular, familiar), thou

Declension

Karakhanid

Etymology

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

Pronoun

سَنْ (sen)

  1. thou; you

Postposition

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

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

Khalaj

Pronoun

سَن (sən)

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *sen.

Pronoun

سن • (sen)

  1. you (singular), thou
Declension

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِنّ‎ (sinn).

Noun

سن • (sinn)

  1. tooth
  2. age

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Seine.

Proper noun

سن • (Sen)

  1. the Seine
    • 1885–1886, Abdülhak Hâmid, دیوانه‌لكلرم یاخود بلده‎, page 11:
      ‏اوچ فياقر اوزره کنار سنده‎
      Üç fiakr üzre kenar-ı Sende
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic سِنّ‎ (sinn).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /sɪnː/

Noun

Dari سنّ
Iranian Persian
Tajik синн (sinn)

سِنّ • (senn)

  1. age

Etymology 2

From French scène.

Pronunciation

Noun

سِن • (sen)

  1. stage
    Synonym: صحنه‎ (sahne)

Etymology 3

Possibly cognate with Proto-Slavic *sěno.

Alternative forms

  • سیان‎ (sayân)

Noun

سن • (san)

  1. (archaic) ivy

Etymology 4

From French Seine.

Proper noun

سن • (sen)

  1. the Seine (French river)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنّ‎ (sinn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sinn/, [sɪn]
  • (file)

Noun

سن • (sinn) m (plural سنان‎ (snān))

  1. tooth
    ‏فرشاية السنان‎ ― furšāyet is-snān ― toothbrush
    (file)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سن‎ (sen), from Arabic سِن‎ (sin).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِن • (sin) m (Hindi spelling सिन)

  1. age
    Synonym: عمر‎ (ʾumar)

References

  • “سن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “سن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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