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 𐫘𐫗𐫀𐫡 (snʾr /⁠snār⁠/, “shallow, mudbank”).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-
    Sanskrit सु- (su-)
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *wárnas
    Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa)
    Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa)
    Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-der.
    Sanskrit -कार (-kāra)
    Sanskrit सुवर्णकार (suvarṇakāra)
    Apabhramsa 𑆱𑆶𑆤𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆫 (sunnāra)
    Urdu سُنار (sunār)

    Inherited from Middle Hindi سنار (sunār) (c. 1609) / سونار (svnar /⁠sūnār⁠/) (c. 1572) [1], from Apabhramsa 𑆱𑆶𑆤𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆫 (sunnāra), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀭 (suṇṇāra) from Sanskrit सुवर्णकार (suvarṇakāra),[2] compound of सुवर्ण (suvárṇa) +‎ कार (kāra).[3]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sʊ.nɑːɾ/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
    • Hyphenation: سُ‧نار

    Noun

    سُنار • (sunār) m (feminine سُنارَن (sunāran), Hindi spelling सुनार)

    1. goldsmith

    Declension

    Declension of سنار
    singular plural
    direct سُنار (sunār) سُنار (sunār)
    oblique سُنار (sunār) سُناروں (sunārõ)
    vocative سُنار (sunār) سُنارو (sunāro)

    Derived terms

    • سُنارَن (sunāran, “goldsmith's wife”)
    • سُناری (sunārī, “goldsmith's profession”)

    References

    1. ^ “سنار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ John Shakespear (1834) “سنار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
    3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “suvarṇakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 779

    Further reading

    More information
    • “سنار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سنار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 385
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “سنار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “سنار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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