أشنان
See also: اشنان, أسنان, إسنان, إسبان, أستأن, استان, and استأن
Arabic
Alternative forms
- شِنَان (šinān)
Etymology
Uncertain etymology; cognate or derived from Classical Syriac ܫܢܬܐ (šanṯā, “moss, lichen”); compare Arabic أُشْنَة (ʾušna, “moss, lichen”), Persian اشنه (ošne, “moss?; = دواله (dowâle)”), اشنان (ošnân, “saltwort”), Old Armenian աւշնան (awšnan, “saltwort”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuʃ.naːn/
Noun
أُشْنَان • (ʾušnān) m
- saltwort, Amaranthaceae spp.:
- Anabasis gen et spp.
- Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
- Kali spp.
- Salsola spp.
- Salicornia spp.
- potash
- Synonyms: قِلْي (qily), قِلْو (qilw), بُوتَاس (būtās)
Declension
Declension of noun أُشْنَان (ʾušnān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أُشْنَان ʾušnān | الْأُشْنَان al-ʾušnān | أُشْنَان ʾušnān |
| Nominative | أُشْنَانٌ ʾušnānun | الْأُشْنَانُ al-ʾušnānu | أُشْنَانُ ʾušnānu |
| Accusative | أُشْنَانًا ʾušnānan | الْأُشْنَانَ al-ʾušnāna | أُشْنَانَ ʾušnāna |
| Genitive | أُشْنَانٍ ʾušnānin | الْأُشْنَانِ al-ʾušnāni | أُشْنَانِ ʾušnāni |
Descendants
- Maltese: xnien (“clover”), xniel
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “أشنان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “أشنان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 789
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “أشنان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 62
- Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 144, 253, 360
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “أشنان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 27