خندق

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Arabic

Etymology

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

Verb

خَنْدَقَ (ḵandaqa) Iq, non-past يُخَنْدِقُ‎ (yuḵandiqu)

  1. to dig a trench, to make a trench
  2. to dig a moat, to make a moat

Conjugation

Noun

خَنْدَق (ḵandaqm (plural خَنَادِق (ḵanādiq))

  1. trench
  2. moat

Declension

Descendants

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

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

خندق (xandaq) (plural خندق‌ها (xandaq-hâ))

  1. moat

Descendants