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خندق

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Arabic

Etymology 1

An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian کندک (kandak), کنده (kanda), Old Armenian քանդակ (kʻandak) (also from Iranian).

Pronunciation

Verb

خَنْدَقَ (ḵandaqa) Iq (non-past يُخَنْدِقُ (yuḵandiqu), verbal noun خَنْدَقَة (ḵandaqa))

  1. to dig a trench, to make a trench
  2. to dig a moat, to make a moat
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

خَنْدَق (ḵandaq) m (plural خَنَادِق (ḵanādiq))

  1. trench
  2. moat
Declension
More information singular, basic singular triptote ...
Descendants
  • Old Armenian: խանդակ (xandak)
  • Middle Armenian: խանտակ (xantak)
  • Byzantine Greek: Χάνδαξ (Khándax), Χάνδακας (Khándakas)
    • Latin: Candia
    • Byzantine Greek: χανδάκιον (khandákion), χαντάκιον (khantákion)
  • Northern Kurdish: xendek, xendeq
  • Persian: خندق (xandaq), کنده (kanda), کندک (kandak), خندک (xandak)
  • Swahili: handaki
  • Tajik: хандақ (xandaq)
    • Uzbek: xandaq
  • Uyghur: خەندەك (xendek)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973), “խանդակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 330b
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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خندق (xandaq), itself from Arabic خَنْدَق (ḵandaq, trench, moat), ultimately from Middle Persian *handag.

Noun

خندق (hendek) (definite accusative خندقی (hendeki), plural خنادق (henadik))

  1. (military) trench, a narrow excavation as used in warfare
    Synonym: سپر (siper)
  2. moat, fosse, a deep and defensive ditch normally filled with water
    Synonym: صو خندقی (su hendeki)
  3. ditch, trench, gutter, dyke, any long, shallow indentation dug to conduct water
    Synonym: آرق (ark) (irrigation ditch)

Derived terms

  • برج خندقی (burc hendeki, fosse, moat)
  • دوه‌یه خندق آتلاتمق (deveye hendek atlatmak, to force an obstinate man to do a thing, literally to make a camel leap a ditch)
  • صو خندقی (su hendeki, moat)
  • صولی خندق (sulu hendek, flooded trench)
  • قورو خندق (kuru hendek, dried ditch)
  • یول خندقی (yol hendeki, ditch at the side of a road)

Descendants

Proper noun

خندق (hendek)

  1. Hendek (a town and districtp, a Sakarya in Turkey)

Descendants

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Persian

Alternative forms

  • کنده (kanda), کندک (kandak), خندک (xandak)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَنْدَق (ḵandaq), from Middle Persian *handag (whence Persian هندک (handak, moat)).

Pronunciation

 

More information Readings, Classical reading? ...

Noun

خندق (xandaq) (plural خندق‌ها)

  1. moat

Descendants

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