شونيز

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شونيز

/ʃuː.niːz/

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Akin to Persian شونیز (šuniz, “nigella”), سنز (sonez), سنیز (soniz, “caraway-seeds”), Sanskrit शनिज (śanija, “black pepper”) and the Iranian borrowings: Middle Armenian սոնիճ (sonič), Old Georgian სოინჯი (soinǯi), სოლინჯი (solinǯi, “nigella”).

noun شُونِيز · šūnīz · الشُّونِيز · شُونِيزٌ

Nigella gen. et spp., especially Nigella sativa حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحِ بْنِ ٱلْمُهَاجِرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ٱللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ٱبْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلرَّحْمَنِ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ ٱلْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَهُمَا أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّٰهِ—صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ—يَقُول
Similar: قِزْح, حَبَّة سَوْدَاءُ, كَمُّون أَسْوَد, حَبَّة الْبَرَكَة

In English

nigella plant of the genus Nigella
black caraway Nigella sativa — see also nigella

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {شونيز},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}