סנה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Classical Syriac ܣܢܝܐ. If related to Arabic سنا (“senna”), perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”).

Noun

סְנֶה • (s'né) m

1. (biblical) an unidentified type of bush or bramble, one of which was the burning bush

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).

Noun

סֻנָּה • (suná) f

1. (Islam) sunnah

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “סנה”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1448
• “senna”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

• סנה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• סונה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he