شنو

See also: سنو

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally “what thing is it”).

Pronoun

شنو (šunu)

1. what?
   • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 12:19, page 12:

     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)

1. (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)

1. (interrogative) what?

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally “what thing is it”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃnuː/

• Audio

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Pronoun

شنو • (šnū)

1. (interrogative) what?

   شنو قال خاك؟

   šnu qāl ḵāk

   What did your brother say?

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃi.naw], [ʃu.naw]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.näw], [ʃʊ.näw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.näw], [ʃʊ.näw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃun]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.now], [ʃo.now]

• (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)

1. 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)

1. what?