صنف

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ن ف (ṣ-n-f), related to sorting.

Verb

صَنَّفَ (ṣannafa) II (non-past يُصَنِّفُ (yuṣannifu), verbal noun تَصْنِيف (taṣnīf))

  1. to sort, classify, or categorize something
  2. to compile or compose

Conjugation

Noun

صِنْف (ṣinfm (plural أَصْنَاف (ʔaṣnāf))
صَنْف (ṣanfm (plural صُنُوف (ṣunūf))

  1. kind, sort, specimen
  2. class, genus, species, category

Declension

Descendants

  • Bashkir: синыф (sinıf)
  • Turkish: sınıf, esnaf
  • Tatar: сыйныф (sıynıf)
  • Uyghur: سىنىپ (sinip)

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic صِنْف (ṣinf).

Noun

صنف (senf) (plural اصناف (asnâf))

  1. (Dari) class
  2. guild (a group of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans)