شنه

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃä.näʱ], [ʃän.näʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃä.nɑː], [ʃän.nɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃä.nɔː], [ʃän.nɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? šanah, šannah
Dari reading? šanah, šannah
Iranian reading? šanah, šannah
Tajik reading? šanah, šannah

Noun

شنه • (šanah)(obsolete)

  1. sound, voice
  2. neigh, cry of an equid
    Alternative forms: شیهه (šiheh), شنبه (šanbah)
  3. winnowing fork
  4. alternative form of سنه (sanah, malediction, imprecation, curse)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شنه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “شنه”, 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 473a