سنجاب

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

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِنْجَاب‎ (sinjāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈd͡ʒaːb/

Noun

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

1. squirrel

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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)

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• زنجاب‎ (zincab, zıncab)

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.

Related terms

• سنجابی‎ (sincabî)

Descendants

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

See also

• تیون‎ (teyün, teyin)

References

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

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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): /sand͡ʒɑːb~sind͡ʒɑːb/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /sand͡ʒɒːb~sɪnd͡ʒɒːb/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /sænd͡ʒɒːb~send͡ʒɒːb/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /sand͡ʒɔːb~sind͡ʒɔːb/

Noun

Dari	سنجاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	санҷоб (sanjob)

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

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Persian سنجاب‎ (sanjâb).

Noun

سنجاب • (sinjāb) m

1. squirrel