صحناة

العربية

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صحناة

/sˤaħ.naːh/
/sˤiħ.naːh/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic, attested as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic צחנא, צחנה, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic צְחַנְתָּא (ṣəḥnətā), Classical Syriac ܨܚܢܝܬܐ (ṣaḥnāytā).

noun صَحْنَاة · صِحْنَاة · ṣaḥnāh · ṣiḥnāh · صِحْنَى

historical a spice paste made of common fermented fish (صِير (ṣīr))
metonymically any fermented river fish usable for such purpose, (Modern Standard Arabic especially) sardine

In English

sardine fish

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MLA

"صحناة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

صحناة. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9

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"صحناة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {صحناة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}