صنم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ن م (ṣ-n-m).

Noun

صَنَم • (ṣanam) m (plural أَصْنَام (ʔaṣnām))

1. idol

Declension

Declension of noun صَنَم (ṣanam)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَم ṣanam	الصَّنَم aṣ-ṣanam	صَنَم ṣanam
Nominative	صَنَمٌ ṣanamun	الصَّنَمُ aṣ-ṣanamu	صَنَمُ ṣanamu
Accusative	صَنَمًا ṣanaman	الصَّنَمَ aṣ-ṣanama	صَنَمَ ṣanama
Genitive	صَنَمٍ ṣanamin	الصَّنَمِ aṣ-ṣanami	صَنَمِ ṣanami
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَنَمَيْن ṣanamayn	الصَّنَمَيْن aṣ-ṣanamayn	صَنَمَيْ ṣanamay
Nominative	صَنَمَانِ ṣanamāni	الصَّنَمَانِ aṣ-ṣanamāni	صَنَمَا ṣanamā
Accusative	صَنَمَيْنِ ṣanamayni	الصَّنَمَيْنِ aṣ-ṣanamayni	صَنَمَيْ ṣanamay
Genitive	صَنَمَيْنِ ṣanamayni	الصَّنَمَيْنِ aṣ-ṣanamayni	صَنَمَيْ ṣanamay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْنَام ʔaṣnām	الْأَصْنَام al-ʔaṣnām	أَصْنَام ʔaṣnām
Nominative	أَصْنَامٌ ʔaṣnāmun	الْأَصْنَامُ al-ʔaṣnāmu	أَصْنَامُ ʔaṣnāmu
Accusative	أَصْنَامًا ʔaṣnāman	الْأَصْنَامَ al-ʔaṣnāma	أَصْنَامَ ʔaṣnāma
Genitive	أَصْنَامٍ ʔaṣnāmin	الْأَصْنَامِ al-ʔaṣnāmi	أَصْنَامِ ʔaṣnāmi

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “صنم”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic صَنَم (ṣanam)

Noun

صنم • (sanam) m (Hindi spelling सनम)

1. mistress
2. lover
3. sweetheart
4. idol (literally or figuratively)
5. an image to be worshipped

Synonyms

• (idol) بت (but)