# سن
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Etymologically related to سن (sinn, “tooth”, sense 3); also compare the letter ش (š).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /san.na/

#### Verb

سَنَّ • (sanna) I (non-past يَسُنُّ (yasunnu), verbal noun سَنّ (sann))
* to sharpen, to whet, to hone, to grind
* to mold, to shape, to form
* to prescribe, to introduce, to enact
* to institute, to establish a method

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sann/

#### Noun

سَنّ • (sann) m
* verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna) (form I)
* prescription, introduction, enactment

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅗 (šinnum), Aramaic שנא (šinā’), Ge'ez ስን (sən), and Hebrew שֵׁן (shén).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sinn/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

سِنّ • (sinn) f (plural أَسْنَان (ʔasnān) or أَسِنَّة (ʔasinna) or أَسُنّ (ʔasunn))
* tooth, tusk, fang
    أُنَظِّفُ أَسْنَانِي ― ʔunaẓẓifu ʔasnānī ― I am brushing my teeth
* point or tip
* a spearhead or arrowhead
* age (years of life)
* cog, sprocket, prong

##### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: سِنّ (senn)
* Maltese: sinna
* Moroccan Arabic: سنة (sanna)
* South Levantine Arabic: سن (sinn)

### References

* ↑ “Sunna”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

## Azerbaijani
### Pronoun

سن
* Arabic spelling of sən (“you (singular)”)

## Chagatai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”).

### Pronoun

سن (sän)
* you (singular, familiar), thou

#### Declension
## Karakhanid
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sen (“thou”). Cognate with Turkish sen (“you”), -sin (“second person singular suffix”), Old Turkic 𐰾𐰤 (sen, “you”).

### Pronoun

سَنْ (sen)
* thou; you

#### Related terms

* سِزْ (siz)

### Postposition

سَنْ (sen)
* Denotes "to be" for second person singular when at the end of an object; are.
* Denotes second person singular after various tenses.

#### Usage notes

* It can be said that the postposition acts as a suffix.

## Khalaj
### Pronoun

سَن (sən) (definite accusative مه‌نۆ, plural سیز)
* Arabic spelling of sən (“you (singular), thou”)

#### See also
## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *sen, from oblique forms of Proto-Turkic *sẹ.

### Pronoun

سَنْ (sän)
* thou, you (second person singular pronoun)

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: sən
* Gagauz: sän
* Ottoman Turkish: سن (sen)
** Turkish: sen

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *sen.

#### Pronoun

سن • (sen)
* you (singular), thou

##### Descendants

* Turkish: sen

### Etymology 2

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

#### Noun

سن • (sinn)
* tooth
* age

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Seine.

#### Proper noun

سن • (Sen)
* the Seine
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##### Descendants

* Turkish: Sen

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [sinn], [sin]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɪn(ː)], [sɪn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sɪn(ː)], [sɪn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sɪn(ː)], [sɪn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [sin(ː)], [sin]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sen(ː)], [sen]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [sin]

#### Noun

سِنّ • (senn)
* age

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French scène.

#### Pronunciation

* (Iran) IPA: /sen/

#### Noun

سِن • (sen)
* (Iran) stage
    Synonym: صحنه (sahne)

### Etymology 3

Possibly cognate with Proto-Slavic *sěno.

#### Alternative forms

* سیان (sayân)

#### Noun

سن • (san)
* (archaic) ivy

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from French Seine.

#### Proper noun

سن • (sen)
* (Iran) the Seine (French river)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sinn/, [sɪn]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

سن • (sinn) m (plural سنان (snān))
* tooth
    فرشاية السنان ― furšāyet is-snān ― toothbrush
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سن (sinn), from Arabic سِنّ (sinn).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /sɪn/

### Noun

سِن • (sin) m (Hindi spelling सिन)
* age
    Synonym: عمر (ʾumar)

### References

* “سن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “سن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.