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

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (senjâb).

Noun

سنجاب • (sincab, sıncab)

  1. squirrel, especially Sciurus anomalus
    Synonym: تیون (teyin)
    • 1871, François-René de Chateaubriand, Atala‎, 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.
  • سنجابی (sincabî)

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

See also

References

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
 
  • (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]

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب (sanjâb).

Noun

سنجاب • (sinjāb) m

  1. squirrel
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