منشار
Arabic
Etymology
Tool noun from نَشَرَ (našara, “to spread; to saw”), from the root ن ش ر (n-š-r).
Cognate with Hebrew מסור (masór).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /min.ʃaːr/
- (Moroccan) IPA(key): /mun.ʃaːr/, /man.ʃaːr/
Noun
مِنْشَار • (minšār) m (plural مَنَاشِير (manāšīr))
- saw
- a spot where fruits like raisins or figs are spread to dry
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 666 line 3 et 5 a fine:
- ويضم الزبيب اليابس واليين اليابس من المنشار بالغدوات وهو بارد من هواء الليل ونداية وإن غطي الزبيب والتين وهما في المنشار بالليل قبل أن ينبا بحصر نظاف من بردي وشبهه وكشفا للشمس بالنهار أسرع لذلك يبسهما وكذلك إن فرشا في أرض مبورة
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- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 669 line 13:
- ويجمع التين إذا سقط في الأرض بعد تناهي نضجه ويفرش على رتم أو ديس يابس وييبس للشمس نعما ويترك إذا يبس ليلة منشورا للندى ويرفع من الغد فبل طلوع الشمس وفيه ندوة الليل وبرودة الهواء ويستر بعد ذلك عن الشمس ويتحفظ من الندى في البيوت وإن اختزن في ظروف فخار فيرفع من المنشار وفيه رطوبة يسيرة
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- (obsolete) winnowing fan
- Synonym: مِنْسَف (minsaf)
Declension
Declension of noun مِنْشَار (minšār)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مِنْشَار minšār | الْمِنْشَار al-minšār | مِنْشَار minšār |
| Nominative | مِنْشَارٌ minšārun | الْمِنْشَارُ al-minšāru | مِنْشَارُ minšāru |
| Accusative | مِنْشَارًا minšāran | الْمِنْشَارَ al-minšāra | مِنْشَارَ minšāra |
| Genitive | مِنْشَارٍ minšārin | الْمِنْشَارِ al-minšāri | مِنْشَارِ minšāri |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مِنْشَارَيْن minšārayn | الْمِنْشَارَيْن al-minšārayn | مِنْشَارَيْ minšāray |
| Nominative | مِنْشَارَانِ minšārāni | الْمِنْشَارَانِ al-minšārāni | مِنْشَارَا minšārā |
| Accusative | مِنْشَارَيْنِ minšārayni | الْمِنْشَارَيْنِ al-minšārayni | مِنْشَارَيْ minšāray |
| Genitive | مِنْشَارَيْنِ minšārayni | الْمِنْشَارَيْنِ al-minšārayni | مِنْشَارَيْ minšāray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَنَاشِير manāšīr | الْمَنَاشِير al-manāšīr | مَنَاشِير manāšīr |
| Nominative | مَنَاشِيرُ manāšīru | الْمَنَاشِيرُ al-manāšīru | مَنَاشِيرُ manāšīru |
| Accusative | مَنَاشِيرَ manāšīra | الْمَنَاشِيرَ al-manāšīra | مَنَاشِيرَ manāšīra |
| Genitive | مَنَاشِيرَ manāšīra | الْمَنَاشِيرِ al-manāšīri | مَنَاشِيرِ manāšīri |
Descendants
- Maltese: munxar
- → Azerbaijani: mişar
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: mişar
- → Central Kurdish: مِشار (mişar)
- → Southern Kurdish: مِشار (mişar)
- → Persian: منشار (menšâr)
- → Spanish: almijar
- → Ottoman Turkish: منشار (minşar)
- → Turkish: minşar
- → Portuguese: almanchar, manchar, almênchar, almanxar, almeixar, almeixiar, almixar, almaxar, almexar
- → Sicilian: Muxaru
- → Italian: Muxaro
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “منشار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 671b
- Freytag, Georg (1837), “منشار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 280b
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “منشار”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1260a
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “منشار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2795b
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “منشار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1069
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “منشار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1133a
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “منشار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1274a
Moroccan Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ن ش ر |
| 1 term |
Etymology
From Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mun.ʃaːr/, /man.ʃaːr/
Noun
مُنشار or مَنشار • (munšār or manšār) m (plural مناشر (mnāšar))
- saw
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār, “saw; winnowing fan”).
Noun
منشار • (minşar) (plural مناشیر (manaşir))
- saw, a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances
- Synonyms: اره (erre), بچقی (bıçkı), دستره (destere)
- winnowing fan, a basket in which grain is shaken in order to remove the chaff
Derived terms
- منشاری (minşari, “saw-like, serrated”)
Descendants
- Turkish: minşar
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “minşar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3233
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “منشار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1233
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Serra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1547
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “منشار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4961
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “منشار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2004
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic مِنْشَار (minšār).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /minʃɑːɾ/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /mɪnʃɒːɾ/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /menʃɒːɾ/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /minʃɔːɾ/
Noun
| Dari | منشار |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | миншор (minšor) |
منشار • (menšâr) (plural مناشیر (manâšir) or منشارها (menšâr-hâ))
- (rare) saw
- Synonym: اره (arre)
- (rare) winnowing fan
- (rare) sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
- Synonym: ارهماهی (arre-mâhi)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “منشار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Mo'in, Mohammad (1972), “منشار”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir