شنو
See also: سنو
Chadian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally “what thing is it”).
Pronoun
شنو • (šunu)
- what?
- 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic][1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 12:19:
- وَ خَلَاصْ، فِرْعَوْن نَادَى أَبْرَامْ وَ قَالْ لَيَّهْ: «دَا شُنُو الْإِنْتَ سَوَّيْتَهْ لَيِّ دَا؟ وَ مَالَا مَا أَوْرَيْتنِي كَدَرْ هِي مَرْتَكْ؟
- Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said: what have you done to me? and why did you not say that she was your wife?
Gulf Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally “what thing is it”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɪ.nu]
Pronoun
شنو • (šinu)
- (interrogative) what?
- شنو اسمك؟ ― Šinu ismik? ― What's your name? (said to a male)
- شنو اسمج؟ ― Šinu ismič? ― What's your name? (said to a female)
Iraqi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally “what thing is it”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi.nu/
Pronoun
شنو (šinu)
- (interrogative) what?
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally “what thing is it”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃnuː/
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
شنو • (šnū)
- (interrogative) what?
- شنو قال خاك؟ ― šnu qāl ḵāk ― What did your brother say?
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʃi.ˈnaw/, /ʃu.ˈnaw/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.näw], [ʃʊ.näw]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃe.now], [ʃo.now]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [ʃen], [ʃon]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃi.näw], [ʃu.näw]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šinaw, šunaw |
| Dari reading? | šinaw, šunaw |
| Iranian reading? | šenow, šonow |
| Tajik reading? | šinav, šunav |
Verb
شنو • (šenow, šunow) (Tajik spelling [Term?])
- present stem of شنیدن (šenidan, šonidan)
Sudanese Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally “what thing is it”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi.nu/
Pronoun
شنو • (šinu)
- what?
Descendants
- Nubi: sunu