چنه

See also: چنة

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

  • جنه (jinna /⁠činna⁠/)

Etymology

Univerbation of Classical Arabic كَإِنَّهُ (kaʔinnahu).

Pronunciation

Preposition

چِنّة • (činna)

  1. as if
    كل يوم تطلبون مطاعم چنكم قاعدين على كنز!
    kil yōm tiṯlibūn maṯāʕim činkum gāʕdīn ʕala kanz
    You order from restaurants everyday as if you were insanely rich!
    (literally, “Every day (you all) order restaurants as if you were sitting on a treasure”)
  2. it seems like
    چنه بيطق مطر
    činna bīṭig muṭar
    Looks like it's going to rain
    (literally, “as it seems, rain is going to hit”)
    1. isn't it so? (seeking confirmation) [+مو (mū) (optional)]
      مو چنه الجو زين اليوم؟
      Doesn't the weather seem nice today?
      چنه يبيله بحر؟
      Shall we go to the beach?
      (literally, “it seems like it's time for (lit. it wants for it) sea?”)
  3. like, as, similar to, resembles
    Synonym: يشبه (yišbah)
    يوسف وايد چنه جاسم بهالصورة
    Yusif resembles Jassim a lot in this picture
    (literally, “yūsif wāyid činna jāsim b-haṣ-ṣūra”)
    چنچ منال بهالنفنوف
    činnič manāl b-han-nafnūf
    You look like Manal in this dress

Khalaj

Noun

چَنه (çənə) (definite accusative چَنه‌نی, plural چَنه‌لَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of çənə (“chin”)

Declension

Declension of چنه
singular plural
nominative چنه چنه‌لَر
genitive چنه‌ݧ چنه‌لَریݧ
dative چنه‌که چنه‌لَرکه
definite accusative چنه‌ݧ چنه‌لَری
locative چنه‌چه چنه‌لَرچه
ablative چنه‌ده چنه‌لَرده
instrumental چنه‌له چنه‌لَرله
equative چنه‌وارا چنه‌لَروارا
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