سنور

Arabic

سِنَّوْر

Alternative forms

• سُنَّار (sunnār), شُنَارَى (šunārā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic שׁוּנָּרָא / ܫܘܢܪܐ (šunnāra), ܣܢܘܪܐ (sannūrā), from Akkadian 𒊓𒀀 (šurānum), whence also Hebrew שֻׁנָּר (šunnār), ultimately non-Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin.nawr/

Noun

سِنَّوْر • (sinnawr) m (plural سَنَانِير (sanānīr))

1. cat

Declension

Declension of noun سِنَّوْر (sinnawr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِنَّوْر sinnawr	السِّنَّوْر as-sinnawr	سِنَّوْر sinnawr
Nominative	سِنَّوْرٌ sinnawrun	السِّنَّوْرُ as-sinnawru	سِنَّوْرُ sinnawru
Accusative	سِنَّوْرًا sinnawran	السِّنَّوْرَ as-sinnawra	سِنَّوْرَ sinnawra
Genitive	سِنَّوْرٍ sinnawrin	السِّنَّوْرِ as-sinnawri	سِنَّوْرِ sinnawri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِنَّوْرَيْن sinnawrayn	السِّنَّوْرَيْن as-sinnawrayn	سِنَّوْرَيْ sinnawray
Nominative	سِنَّوْرَانِ sinnawrāni	السِّنَّوْرَانِ as-sinnawrāni	سِنَّوْرَا sinnawrā
Accusative	سِنَّوْرَيْنِ sinnawrayni	السِّنَّوْرَيْنِ as-sinnawrayni	سِنَّوْرَيْ sinnawray
Genitive	سِنَّوْرَيْنِ sinnawrayni	السِّنَّوْرَيْنِ as-sinnawrayni	سِنَّوْرَيْ sinnawray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنَانِير sanānīr	السَّنَانِير as-sanānīr	سَنَانِير sanānīr
Nominative	سَنَانِيرُ sanānīru	السَّنَانِيرُ as-sanānīru	سَنَانِيرُ sanānīru
Accusative	سَنَانِيرَ sanānīra	السَّنَانِيرَ as-sanānīra	سَنَانِيرَ sanānīra
Genitive	سَنَانِيرَ sanānīra	السَّنَانِيرِ as-sanānīri	سَنَانِيرِ sanānīri

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2005) Arabische Dialektgeographie. Eine Einführung (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 78) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 200
• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 326–329
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 112
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سنور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 365
• Holes, Clive (2001) Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia. Volume 1: Glossary, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page XXIX
• Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 314
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 382

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

• سِینُورْ (sīnūr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek σύνορον (sýnoron).

Noun

سِنُورْ (sinor, sınor)

1. border, boundary
2. limit

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: sınır
• Gagauz: sınır
• Ottoman Turkish: سنور
  • Turkish: sınır
  • → Armenian: սինոր (sinor), սինոռ (sinoṙ), սնոր (snor), սնոռ (snoṙ)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish سِنُورْ, Greek σύνορον (sýnoron).

Noun

سنور • (sınor, sinor, sınır)

1. border; a line of seperation between two districts

   Synonym: حدود (hudud)

2. boundary, limit

Descendants

• Turkish: sınır
• → Armenian: սինոր (sinor), սինոռ (sinoṙ), սնոր (snor), սնոռ (snoṙ)

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سنور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, page 2690