أشنان

See also: اشنان‎, أسنان‎, and إسنان‎

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • شِنَان‎ (šinān), إِشْنَان‎ (ʾišnān)

Etymology

Uncertain etymology; cognate or derived from Classical Syriac ܫܢܬܐ‎ (šanṯā, “moss, lichen”); compare variant form شنان‎ (šenān). Compare also Persian اشنان‎ (ošnân, “saltwort”), and Old Armenian աւշնան (awšnan).

Noun

أُشْنَان • (ʾušnān) m

  1. saltwort, Amaranthaceae spp.:
    1. Anabasis gen et spp.
    2. Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
    3. Kali spp.
    4. Salsola spp.
    5. Salicornia spp.
  2. 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

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
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