ثنا

Arabic

Phrase

ثنا

abbreviation of حَدَّثَنَا (ḥaddaṯanā)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَنَاء (ṯanāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈnaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.nɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.nɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.nɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sanā
Dari reading^?	sanā
Iranian reading^?	sanâ
Tajik reading^?	sano

Noun

ثنا • (sanâ)

praise, encomium, eulogy, panegyric
Synonyms: مداحی (madâhi), مدح (madh), ستایش (setâyeš)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ثنا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim