سنجاب

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (sanjâb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin.d͡ʒaːb/

Noun

سِنْجَاب • (sinjāb) m (plural سَنَاجِب (sanājib))

  1. squirrel

Declension

Declension of noun سِنْجَاب (sinjāb)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سِنْجَاب
sinjāb 		السِّنْجَاب
as-sinjāb 		سِنْجَاب
sinjāb
nominative سِنْجَابٌ
sinjābun 		السِّنْجَابُ
as-sinjābu 		سِنْجَابُ
sinjābu
accusative سِنْجَابًا
sinjāban 		السِّنْجَابَ
as-sinjāba 		سِنْجَابَ
sinjāba
genitive سِنْجَابٍ
sinjābin 		السِّنْجَابِ
as-sinjābi 		سِنْجَابِ
sinjābi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal سِنْجَابَيْن
sinjābayn 		السِّنْجَابَيْن
as-sinjābayn 		سِنْجَابَيْ
sinjābay
nominative سِنْجَابَانِ
sinjābāni 		السِّنْجَابَانِ
as-sinjābāni 		سِنْجَابَا
sinjābā
accusative سِنْجَابَيْنِ
sinjābayni 		السِّنْجَابَيْنِ
as-sinjābayni 		سِنْجَابَيْ
sinjābay
genitive سِنْجَابَيْنِ
sinjābayni 		السِّنْجَابَيْنِ
as-sinjābayni 		سِنْجَابَيْ
sinjābay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَنَاجِب
sanājib 		السَّنَاجِب
as-sanājib 		سَنَاجِب
sanājib
nominative سَنَاجِبُ
sanājibu 		السَّنَاجِبُ
as-sanājibu 		سَنَاجِبُ
sanājibu
accusative سَنَاجِبَ
sanājiba 		السَّنَاجِبَ
as-sanājiba 		سَنَاجِبَ
sanājiba
genitive سَنَاجِبَ
sanājiba 		السَّنَاجِبِ
as-sanājibi 		سَنَاجِبِ
sanājibi

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنْجَاب (sinjāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin.ˈd͡ʒaːb/, [sɪn.ˈd͡ʒaːb]

Noun

سِنْجاب • (sinjāb) m (plural سَنَاجِب (sanājib))

  1. squirrel

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنْجَاب (sinjāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin.ʒaːb/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

سنجاب • (sinjāb) m (plural سناجب (snājeb))

  1. squirrel
    Synonym: نمس (nams)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (senjâb).

Noun

سنجاب • (sincab, sıncab)

  1. squirrel, especially Sciurus anomalus
    Synonym: تیون (teyin)
    • 1871, François-René de Chateaubriand, Atala‎[1], Terakkî Matbaası:
      سیاه سنجابلر صیق اغاجلرك یاپراقلری آره‌سنده اویون اوینار.
      Siyah sincablar sık ağacların yaprakları arasında oyun oynar.
      Black squirrels play in the dense foliage.
  • سنجابی (sincabî)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sincap
  • → Armenian: սնճապ (snčap)

See also

References

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (snc'p /⁠sanjâb⁠/), perhaps from the same root as سمور (samur, “sable, Martes zibellina”). Cognate with Southern Kurdish سنجاو (sincaw).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sän.d͡ʒɑːb], [sɪn.d͡ʒɑːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sän.d͡ʒɑːb], [sɪn.d͡ʒɑːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sän.d͡ʒɔːb̥], [sin.d͡ʒɔːb̥]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæn.d͡ʒɒːb̥], [sen.d͡ʒɒːb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? sanjāb, sinjāb
Dari reading? sanjāb, sinjāb
Iranian reading? sanjâb, senjâb
Tajik reading? sanjob, sinjob

Noun

Dari سنجاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik санҷоб

سنجاب • (sanjâb, senjâb) (plural سنجاب‌ها (sanjâb-hâ, senjâb-hâ))

  1. squirrel
  2. gray squirrel, Sciurus anomalus
  3. fur of the gray squirrel

Synonyms

  • وروره (varvare)

Descendants

  • → Arabic: سِنْجَاب (sinjāb)
  • → Azerbaijani: sincab
  • → Georgian: სინჯაფი (sinǯapi)
  • → Northern Kurdish: sencab
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سنجاب (sıncab), زنجاب (zincab, zıncab), սինճապ (sincab), սընճապ (sıncab) — Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: sincap
    • → Armenian: սնճապ (snčap)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (sanjâb).

Noun

سنجاب • (sinjāb) m

  1. squirrel
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