سن

العربية

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سن¹

  • /san.na/

Where it comes from

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

verb سَنَّ · sanna · يَسُنُّ · سَنّ · سَانّ

  1. to sharpen, to whet, to hone, to grind
  2. to mold, to shape, to form
  3. to prescribe, to introduce, to enact
  4. to institute, to establish a method

سن²

  • /sann/

Where it comes from

Verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna).

noun سَنّ · sann · السَّنّ · سَنٌّ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of سَنَّ (sanna) (form I)
  2. prescription, introduction, enactment

سن³

  • /sinn/

noun سِنّ · sinn · أَسْنَان · أَسِنَّة · أَسُنّ

  1. tooth, tusk, fang أُنَظِّفُ أَسْنَانِي
  2. point or tip
  3. a spearhead or arrowhead
  4. age (years of life)
  5. cog, sprocket, prong

In English

  • age one of the stages of life
  • tooth anatomy: tooth
  • mold To shape in or on a mold
  • spearhead the pointed head, or end, of a spear

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-سن.ogg.