شنه

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.nah]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.näʱ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.næʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.näʱ]

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

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