See also: سنو

Chadian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

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شنو (šunu)

  1. what?
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, تكوين [Genesis] 12:19:
      وَ خَلَاصْ، فِرْعَوْن نَادَى أَبْرَامْ وَ قَالْ لَيَّهْ: «دَا شُنُو الْإِنْتَ سَوَّيْتَهْ لَيِّ دَا؟ وَ مَالَا مَا أَوْرَيْتنِي كَدَرْ هِي مَرْتَكْ؟
      Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said: what have you done to me? and why did you not say that she was your wife?

Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

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شنو (šinu)

  1. (interrogative) what?
    شنو اسمك؟
    Šinu ismik?
    What's your name? (said to a male)
    شنو اسمج؟
    Šinu ismič?
    What's your name? (said to a female)

Iraqi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

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شنو (šinu)

  1. (interrogative) what?

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

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  • IPA(key): /ʃnuː/
  • Audio:(file)

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شنو (šnū)

  1. (interrogative) what?
    شنو قال خاك؟šnu qāl ḵākWhat did your brother say?

Persian

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Readings
Classical reading? šinaw, šunaw
Dari reading? šinaw, šunaw
Iranian reading? šenow, šonow
Tajik reading? šinav, šunav

Verb

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شنو (šenow, šunow)

  1. present stem of شنیدن (šenidan, šonidan)

Sudanese Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally what thing is it).

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Pronoun

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شنو (šinu)

  1. what?