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"t": "longing, yearning"
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"etymology_text": "From Arabic شَنْق (šanq, “longing, yearning”). The senses of the root are generally related to binding and hanging, today chiefly as a form of execution. Perhaps the relevant sense can be derived thence from the idea that a person’s heart is bound and suffocating, or alternatively from accelerated breathing and moaning.",
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"ipa": "/ˈʃɛn.ʔa/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛnʔa"
}
],
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