شنا

See also: سنا

Persian

Alternative forms

• شناه (šināh), شنار (šinār), شناو (šināw), شناب (šināb), آشناه (āšnāh), آشنه (āšna), آشناب (āšnāb), شیناب (šīnāb), آشنا (āšnā), اشنا (ašna), شناز (šināz)

Etymology

Attested as Middle Persian [script needed] (šnāz, “swimming”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”), compare Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁 (snā) and Sanskrit स्नान (snāna, “bathing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃi.ˈnaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.nɑː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.nɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.nɔ]

• Rhymes: -aː

Readings
Classical reading?	šinā
Dari reading?	šinā
Iranian reading?	šenâ
Tajik reading?	šino

Noun

شنا • (šenâ)

1. swimming

Related terms

• شنا کردن (šenâ kardan)
• شناویدن (šināwīdan, “to swim”)
• شناور (šināwar, “swimmer”)
• اشنان (ušnān), شنان (šunān, “saltwort”)
• اشنه (ušna, “moss?; = دواله (duwāla)”)

References

• Blochmann, Heinrich (1872), The Prosody of the Persians According to Saifi, Jami and Other Writers‎^[1], Calcutta, page 8 of the preface
• Buyaner, David (2006), “On the Designation of ‘water–skin’ in some Languages of Central Asia”, in Acta Orientalia, volume 67, pages 115–125
• Horn, Paul (1893), Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 176 Nr. 792
• Nourai, Ali (2011), An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 431
• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “, آشنا آشناه”, 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 I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 40a
• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “اشنا”, 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^[3] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 105b
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “شنار”, 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^[4] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 468
• Wolff, Fritz (1935), Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[5] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 575a