شنا

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Etymology

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From Avestan 𐬯𐬥𐬁 (snā), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, swim”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”), whence English Polynesia and Indonesia, and Latin natare (“to swim”) (Spanish nadar and Italian nuotare).

Noun

شنا • (šenâ)

  1. swimming

References

  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 431
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