Arabic → English
سَنَة in English
- Pronunciation
- sanah
- Arabizi
sanah- Type
- noun · feminine
- Plural
- سَنَوات sanawāt
- Root
- س ن و
Other meanings
- عام ʿām — year · a period of twelve months
How to use it
Both 'sanah' (سنة) and 'ʿām' (عام) mean 'year'. 'Sanah' is feminine and its plural is 'sanawāt' (سنوات). 'ʿĀm' is masculine and its plural is 'aʿwām' (أعوام). Both are widely used and understood.
Example sentences
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لقد مرت سنة كاملة.
laqad marrat sanah kāmilah.
A whole year has passed.
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هذا هو عامي الأول في الجامعة.
hādhā huwa ʿāmī al-awwalu fī al-jāmiʿah.
This is my first year at university.
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احتفلنا بالذكرى السنوية الخامسة.
iḥtafalnā bi-dh-dhikrā as-sanawiyyati al-khāmisah.
We celebrated the fifth anniversary.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
غومار يَقُولُ إذا عاشت مجلّة في هذه البلادِ أكثر مِنْ سَنَة أنت من حقك أَنْ تُفاجَئَ.
Ghomaar says if a journal in this country survives more than a year you can be surprised.
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