شنان

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Doublet of أُشْنَان (ʔušnān, saltwort).

Noun

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شَنَان (šanānm (plural شَنَانَات (šanānāt))

  1. (obsolete) raft
    Synonyms: كَلَك (kalak), رَمَث (ramaṯ), طَوْف (ṭawf)
    • 915, At-Ṭabarī, Tārīḵ, ed. de Goeje series 3 page 1758 line 8, web here and there:
      وكان هناك موضع فيه زهاء ثلثمائة زرنوق، فأمر بأخذها فأخذت، وقرن بعضها ببعض حتى صارت كالشنانات، وطرحت إلى الماء، وركبها المقاتلة فلحقوا القوم، فقال بعضهم: […]
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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شِنَان (šinānpl

  1. plural of variety of شَنّ (šann, waterskin)

Etymology 3

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Root
ش ن ن (š n n)
2 terms

From شَنَّ (šanna, to pour).

Adjective

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شُنَان (šunān) (feminine شُنَانَة (šunāna))

  1. diffused, spilled, spread
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شنان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 454a
  • Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1901), Annales quos scripsit Abu Djafar Mohammed Ibn Djarir aṭ-Ṭabarī. Introductio, Glossarium, Addenda et Emendanda (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1901, page 317
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “شنان”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1274a

Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šunān

Noun

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شنان (šonân)

  1. Alternative form of اشنان (ošnân)