سنور

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic שׁוּנָּרָא / ܫܘܢܪܐ (šunnāra), ܣܢܘܪܐ (sannūrā), from Akkadian 𒊓𒀀 (šurānum), whence also Hebrew שֻׁנָּר (šunnār), ultimately non-Semitic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin.nawr/

Noun

سِنَّوْر • (sinnawrm (plural سَنَانِير (sanānīr))

  1. cat

Declension

Declension of noun سِنَّوْر (sinnawr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سِنَّوْر
sinnawr
السِّنَّوْر
as-sinnawr
سِنَّوْر
sinnawr
nominative سِنَّوْرٌ
sinnawrun
السِّنَّوْرُ
as-sinnawru
سِنَّوْرُ
sinnawru
accusative سِنَّوْرًا
sinnawran
السِّنَّوْرَ
as-sinnawra
سِنَّوْرَ
sinnawra
genitive سِنَّوْرٍ
sinnawrin
السِّنَّوْرِ
as-sinnawri
سِنَّوْرِ
sinnawri
dual indefinite definite construct
informal سِنَّوْرَيْن
sinnawrayn
السِّنَّوْرَيْن
as-sinnawrayn
سِنَّوْرَيْ
sinnawray
nominative سِنَّوْرَانِ
sinnawrāni
السِّنَّوْرَانِ
as-sinnawrāni
سِنَّوْرَا
sinnawrā
accusative سِنَّوْرَيْنِ
sinnawrayni
السِّنَّوْرَيْنِ
as-sinnawrayni
سِنَّوْرَيْ
sinnawray
genitive سِنَّوْرَيْنِ
sinnawrayni
السِّنَّوْرَيْنِ
as-sinnawrayni
سِنَّوْرَيْ
sinnawray
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

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2005) Arabische Dialektgeographie. Eine Einführung (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 78) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 200
  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 326–329
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 112
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سنور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 365
  • Holes, Clive (2001) Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia. Volume 1: Glossary, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page XXIX
  • Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen[4] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, →DOI, page 314
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 382

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek σύνορον (sýnoron). [1][2]

Noun

سِنُورْ • (sinor, sınor)

  1. border, boundary
  2. limit

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: sınır
  • Gagauz: sınır
  • Ottoman Turkish: سنور
    • Turkish: sınır
    • Armenian: սինոր (sinor), սինոռ (sinoṙ), սնոր (snor), սնոռ (snoṙ)
    • Aromanian: sinurŭ
    • Bulgarian: си́нор (sínor)
    • Macedonian: синор (sinor)
    • Serbo-Croatian: sìnor / сѝнор

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sınır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki][1] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish سِنُورْ, Greek σύνορον (sýnoron). [1][2]

Noun

سنور • (sınor, sinor, sınır)

  1. border; a line of separation between two districts
    Synonym: حدود (hudud)
  2. boundary, limit

Descendants

  • Turkish: sınır
  • Armenian: սինոր (sinor), սինոռ (sinoṙ), սնոր (snor), սնոռ (snoṙ)
  • Aromanian: sinurŭ
  • Bulgarian: си́нор (sínor)
  • Macedonian: синор (sinor)
  • Serbo-Croatian: sìnor / сѝнор

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sınır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki][2] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası

Further reading

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سنور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[5], Vienna, page 2690