▪ Accord. to Klein1987 from Aram ṣinnâ ‘basket’. ▪ (?) Cf. also Ar ↗mišannaẗ (√ŠNː(ŠNN)) ‘basket without handles’? ▪ …
▪ 791ṣann ‘container made to carry food, resembling a covered basket’: Ḫalīl b. ʔAḥmad al-Farāhīdī, K. al-ʕAyn – DHDA. ▪ …
▪ Aram ṣinnâ, postBiblHbr ṣēnâ ‘basket’. – (?) Ar ↗mišannaẗ ‘basket without handles’? ▪ …
▪ Aram ṣinnâ ‘basket’, which accord. to Klein1987 is the etymon of Ar ṣann, is believed by some to be orig. a *‘basket made of thorns’, cf. Hbr ṣēn ‘thorn’ (perh. related to NewSyr ṣurṣīnā ‘thistle’1
). ▪ …