سنار

Arabic

Noun

سُنَّار • (sunnār) m (plural سَنَانِير (sanānīr))

1. alternative form of سِنَّوْر (sinnawr, “cat”)

Declension

Declension of noun سُنَّار (sunnār)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سُنَّار sunnār	السُّنَّار as-sunnār	سُنَّار sunnār
nominative	سُنَّارٌ sunnārun	السُّنَّارُ as-sunnāru	سُنَّارُ sunnāru
accusative	سُنَّارًا sunnāran	السُّنَّارَ as-sunnāra	سُنَّارَ sunnāra
genitive	سُنَّارٍ sunnārin	السُّنَّارِ as-sunnāri	سُنَّارِ sunnāri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سُنَّارَيْن sunnārayn	السُّنَّارَيْن as-sunnārayn	سُنَّارَيْ sunnāray
nominative	سُنَّارَانِ sunnārāni	السُّنَّارَانِ as-sunnārāni	سُنَّارَا sunnārā
accusative	سُنَّارَيْنِ sunnārayni	السُّنَّارَيْنِ as-sunnārayni	سُنَّارَيْ sunnāray
genitive	سُنَّارَيْنِ sunnārayni	السُّنَّارَيْنِ as-sunnārayni	سُنَّارَيْ sunnāray
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

Persian

Etymology 1

From Parthian 𐫘𐫗𐫀𐫡 (snʾr /⁠snār⁠/, “shallow, mudbank”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ˈnaːr/

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɑːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.nɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sanār
Dari reading?	sanār
Iranian reading?	senâr
Tajik reading?	sanor

Noun

Dari	سنار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	санор

سنار • (sanâr)

1. shoal, sandbank

Etymology 2

*-θra-suffixed form of سنه (sunah, “daughter-in-law”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /su.ˈnaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.nɑːɾ], [sɪ.nɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.nɑːɾ], [sɪ.nɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.nɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.nɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.nɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.nɔɾ], [si.nɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sunār
Dari reading?	sunār, sinār
Iranian reading?	sonâr
Tajik reading?	sunor, sinor

Noun

Dari	سنار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сунор, синор

سنار • (sonâr)

1. alternative form of سنه (sonah, “daughter-in-law”)

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “سنار”, 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 325b
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “سنه”, 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^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 339b

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 / 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀭 / 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (suvaṇṇaāra)

Apabhramsa 𑆱𑆶𑆤𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆫 (sunnāra)

Urdu سُنار

Inherited from Middle Hindi سنار (sunār) (c. 1609) / سونار (svnar /⁠sūnār⁠/) (c. 1572) , from Apabhramsa 𑆱𑆶𑆤𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆫 (sunnāra), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀭 (suṇṇāra) from Sanskrit सुवर्णकार (suvarṇakāra), compound of सुवर्ण (suvárṇa) +‎ कार (kāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊ.nɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: سُ‧نار

Noun

سُنار • (sunār) m (female equivalent سُنارَن (sunāran), Hindi spelling सुनार)

1. goldsmith

Declension

Declension of سنار

	singular	plural
direct	سُنار (sunār)	سُنار (sunār)
oblique	سُنار (sunār)	سُناروں (sunārõ)
vocative	سُنار (sunār)	سُنارو (sunāro)

Derived terms

• سُنارَن (sunāran, “goldsmith's wife”)
• سُناری (sunārī, “goldsmith's profession”)

Further reading

More information

• “سنار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سنار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 385
• Platts, John T. (1884), “سنار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “سنار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.