ثنا

Arabic

Phrase

ثنا

1. Abbreviation of حَدَّثَنَا (ḥaddaṯanā).

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَنَاء (ṯanāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ˈnɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.nɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.nɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.nɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.nɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	sanā
Dari reading?	sanā
Iranian reading?	sanâ
Tajik reading?	sano

Noun

ثنا • (sanâ)

1. praise, encomium, eulogy, panegyric

   Synonyms: مداحی (madâhi), مدح (madh), ستایش (setâyeš)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ثنا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim