شونيز

Arabic

شُونِيز

Alternative forms

• سَانُوج (sānūj), شَانُوج (šānūj) — Maghreb
• شَنُوز (šanūz), شُنُوز (šunūz) — al-Andalus

Etymology

Akin to Persian شونیز (šuniz, “nigella”), سنز (sonez), سنیز (soniz, “caraway-seeds”), Sanskrit शनिज (śanija, “black pepper”) and the Iranian borrowings: Middle Armenian սոնիճ (sonič), Old Georgian სოინჯი (soinǯi), სოლინჯი (solinǯi, “nigella”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuː.niːz/

Noun

شُونِيز • (šūnīz) m

1. Nigella gen. et spp., especially Nigella sativa

   Synonyms: قِزْح (qizḥ), حَبَّة سَوْدَاءُ (ḥabba sawdāʔ), كَمُّون أَسْوَد (kammūn ʔaswad)

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 39:118:

     حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحِ بْنِ ٱلْمُهَاجِرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ٱللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ٱبْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلرَّحْمَنِ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ ٱلْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَهُمَا أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّٰهِ—صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ—يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ فِي ٱلْحَبَّةِ ٱلسَّوْدَاءِ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ إِلَّا ٱلسَّامَ». وَٱلسَّامُ ٱلْمَوْتُ. وَٱلْحَبَّةُ ٱلسَّوْدَاءُ ٱلشُّونِيزُ.

     ḥaddaṯanā muḥammadu bnu rumḥi bni l-muhājiri, ʔaḵbaranā l-layṯu, ʕan ʕuqaylin, ʕani bni šihābin, ʔaḵbaranī ʔabū salamata bnu ʕabdi r-raḥmani wasaʕīdu bnu l-musayyabi, ʔanna ʔabā hurayrata ʔaḵbarahumā ʔannahu samiʕa rasūla llāhi—ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama—yaqūlu: “ʔinna fī l-ḥabbati s-sawdāʔi šifāʔan min kulli dāʔin ʔillā s-sāma”. was-sāmu l-mawtu. wal-ḥabbatu s-sawdāʔu š-šūnīzu.

     […] God’s Prophet (ﷺ) says: “Blackseed is a cure of every disease short of fatality.” Fatality is death, blackseed is swartzcummel.

Declension

Declension of noun شُونِيز (šūnīz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُونِيز šūnīz	الشُّونِيز aš-šūnīz	شُونِيز šūnīz
Nominative	شُونِيزٌ šūnīzun	الشُّونِيزُ aš-šūnīzu	شُونِيزُ šūnīzu
Accusative	شُونِيزًا šūnīzan	الشُّونِيزَ aš-šūnīza	شُونِيزَ šūnīza
Genitive	شُونِيزٍ šūnīzin	الشُّونِيزِ aš-šūnīzi	شُونِيزِ šūnīzi

Descendants

• → Aragonese: axenuz
• → Middle Armenian: շոնիզ (šoniz), շոնիս (šonis)
• → Spanish: ajenuz
• → Chinese: 少尼子

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սոնիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 243a
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شونيز”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 791
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “شونيز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 467
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 273