מילון קליין, שָׁנָה

שָׁנָה f.n. (dual שְׁנָתַיִם, pl. שָׁנִים) year. [Related to BAram. שְׁנָה, JAram. שְׁנָא, שַׁתָּא, שִׁנְתָא, Syr. שַׁתָּא, Chr.-Pal. shatta, shetta, Mand. שׁי(ד)תא, שנאת, Modern Aram. eshna, Arab. sana, Akka. shattu (= year). All these words are prob. connected with Heb. שָׁנָה (= he changed; see שׁנה ᴵᴵ) and its correspondences and prob. meant orig. ‘change; period of changing seasons’.] Derivatives: שְׁנָתוֹן, שְׁנָתִּי. cp. שַׁתָּא and the first element in אֶשְׁתָּדָא, אֶשְׁתָּקַד.