سنجاب

Arabic

سنجاب
squirrel

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (sanjâb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin.d͡ʒaːb/

Noun

سِنْجَاب • (sinjāb) m (plural سَنَاجِب (sanājib))

1. squirrel

Declension

Declension of noun سِنْجَاب (sinjāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِنْجَاب sinjāb	السِّنْجَاب as-sinjāb	سِنْجَاب sinjāb
Nominative	سِنْجَابٌ sinjābun	السِّنْجَابُ as-sinjābu	سِنْجَابُ sinjābu
Accusative	سِنْجَابًا sinjāban	السِّنْجَابَ as-sinjāba	سِنْجَابَ sinjāba
Genitive	سِنْجَابٍ sinjābin	السِّنْجَابِ as-sinjābi	سِنْجَابِ sinjābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِنْجَابَيْن sinjābayn	السِّنْجَابَيْن as-sinjābayn	سِنْجَابَيْ sinjābay
Nominative	سِنْجَابَانِ sinjābāni	السِّنْجَابَانِ as-sinjābāni	سِنْجَابَا sinjābā
Accusative	سِنْجَابَيْنِ sinjābayni	السِّنْجَابَيْنِ as-sinjābayni	سِنْجَابَيْ sinjābay
Genitive	سِنْجَابَيْنِ sinjābayni	السِّنْجَابَيْنِ as-sinjābayni	سِنْجَابَيْ sinjābay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنَاجِب sanājib	السَّنَاجِب as-sanājib	سَنَاجِب sanājib
Nominative	سَنَاجِبُ sanājibu	السَّنَاجِبُ as-sanājibu	سَنَاجِبُ sanājibu
Accusative	سَنَاجِبَ sanājiba	السَّنَاجِبَ as-sanājiba	سَنَاجِبَ sanājiba
Genitive	سَنَاجِبَ sanājiba	السَّنَاجِبِ as-sanājibi	سَنَاجِبِ sanājibi

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنْجَاب (sinjāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin.ˈd͡ʒaːb/, [sɪn.ˈd͡ʒaːb]

Noun

سِنْجاب • (sinjāb) m (plural سَنَاجِب (sanājib))

1. squirrel

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنْجَاب (sinjāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin.ʒaːb/

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Noun

سنجاب • (sinjāb) m (plural سناجب (snājeb))

1. squirrel

   Synonym: نمس (nams)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• زنجاب (zincab, zıncab)
• սինճապ (sincab), սընճապ (sıncab) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (senjâb).

Noun

سنجاب • (sincab, sıncab)

1. squirrel, especially Sciurus anomalus

   Synonym: تیون (teyin)

   • 1871, François-René de Chateaubriand, Atala‎^[1], Terakkî Matbaası:

     سیاه سنجابلر صیق اغاجلرك یاپراقلری آره‌سنده اویون اوینار.

     Siyah sincablar sık ağacların yaprakları arasında oyun oynar.

     Black squirrels play in the dense foliage.

Related terms

• سنجابی (sincabî)

Descendants

• Turkish: sincap
• → Armenian: սնճապ (snčap)

See also

• تیون (teyün, teyin)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سنجاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 694a

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (snc'p /⁠sanjâb⁠/), perhaps from the same root as سمور (samur, “sable, Martes zibellina”). Cognate with Southern Kurdish سنجاو (sincaw).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [san.d͡ʒɑːβ], [sin.d͡ʒɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sän.d͡ʒɑːb], [sɪn.d͡ʒɑːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sän.d͡ʒɑːb], [sɪn.d͡ʒɑːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sän.d͡ʒɑːb], [sɪn.d͡ʒɑːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sän.d͡ʒɔːb̥], [sin.d͡ʒɔːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæn.d͡ʒɒːb̥], [sen.d͡ʒɒːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sän.d͡ʒɔb], [sin.d͡ʒɔb]

Readings
Classical reading?	sanjāḇ, sinjāḇ
Dari reading?	sanjāb, sinjāb
Iranian reading?	sanjâb, senjâb
Tajik reading?	sanjob, sinjob

Noun

Dari	سنجاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	санҷоб

سنجاب • (sanjâb, senjâb) (plural سنجاب‌ها (sanjâb-hâ, senjâb-hâ))

1. squirrel
2. gray squirrel, Sciurus anomalus
3. fur of the gray squirrel

Synonyms

• وروره (varvare)

Descendants

• → Arabic: سِنْجَاب (sinjāb)
• → Azerbaijani: sincab
• → Georgian: სინჯაფი (sinǯapi)
• → Northern Kurdish: sencab
• → Ottoman Turkish: سنجاب (sıncab), زنجاب (zincab, zıncab), սինճապ (sincab), սընճապ (sıncab) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: sincap
  • → Armenian: սնճապ (snčap)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (sanjâb).

Noun

سنجاب • (sinjāb) m

1. squirrel