# سنا
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* س ن و (s n w)
* 6 terms

#### Verb

سَنَا • (sanā) I (non-past يَسْنُو (yasnū), verbal noun سَنْو (sanw) or سَنَاوَة (sanāwa))
* to irrigate, to water
* to bring up, to draw (water)
* to shine, to luster, to gleam

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

سَنَا • (sanā) I (non-past يَسْنُو (yasnū), verbal noun سَنَاء (sanāʔ))
* to shine, to luster, to gleam

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

سَنًا • (sanan) m
* shine, luster, gleam
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:43:أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَٰهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِن بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَن مَّن يَشَاءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْأَبْصَارِʔalam tara ʔanna llāha yuzjī saḥāban ṯumma yuʔallifu baynahu ṯumma yajʕaluhu rukāman fatarā l-wadqa yaḵruju min ḵilālihi wayunazzilu mina s-samāʔi min jibālin fīhā min baradin fayuṣību bihi man yašāʔu wayaṣrifuhu ʕan man yašāʔu yakādu sanā barqihi yaḏhabu bi-l-ʔabṣāri(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

* From the root س ن و (s n w) meaning "to be splendid or bright", "to be more intense in color"; as the flower is often mixed with حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ, “henna”) to strengthen its shade; compare cognates Hebrew שָׁנִי (shaní, “scarlet, crimson”), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎐 (ṯn, “dyed scarlet”), Akkadian 𒅆𒉌𒌈 (šinītum, “dyeing a textile”).
* From Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”) originally applied to thorn-bushes, but more generally to any bush or bramble; compare Classical Syriac ܣܢܝܐ and Hebrew סנה.

#### Noun

سَنَا • (sanā) m
* senna

##### Declension
### References

* Freytag, Georg (1833) “سنا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 367
* Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “سنا”, 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 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C$^{ie}$, page 1154
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “سنا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1448

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French sénat.

### Pronunciation

* (Iran, formal) IPA: [se.nɒ́ː]

### Noun

سنا • (senâ)
* senate

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (suṇṇa), from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty”). Cognate with Urdu سُونا (sūnā) and Saraiki سُن٘ڄا (suṉǰā)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /sʊn.nː/, [sʊ̃n.näː]
* Rhymes: -äː

### Adjective

سُنّا • (sunnā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੁੰਨਾ) (dialectal)
* Alternative form of سُن٘جا (suṉjā, “desolate; deserted; empty; lonely”)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سُنّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* “ਸੁੰਨਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śūnyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit [Term?].

#### Adverb

سنا • (sanā) (Hindi spelling सना)
* always
* ever
* continually

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَنَا (sanā).

#### Noun

سنا • (sanā) m (Hindi spelling सना)
* senna