زنخ

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Arabic

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Root
ز ن خ (z n ḵ)
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Pronunciation

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Verb

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زَنِخَ (zaniḵa) I (non-past يَزْنَخُ (yaznaḵu), verbal noun زَنَخ (zanaḵ))

  1. to become rancid

Conjugation

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “زنخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “زنخ”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “زنخ”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زنخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “زنخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Parthian 𐫉𐫗𐫟 (znx /⁠zanax⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰánuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? zanax
Dari reading? zanax
Iranian reading? zanax
Tajik reading? zanax

Noun

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زنخ (zanax)

  1. chin
  2. the pit in the chin
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References

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ز ن خ
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Etymology

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From Arabic زَنِخ (zaniḵ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zi.nix/, [ˈzɪ.nɪx]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

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زنخ (ziniḵ) (feminine زنخة (zinḵa), common plural زنخين (zinḵīn), elative أزنخ (ʔaznaḵ))

  1. rancid
  2. (by extension) unpleasant, disagreeable, irritating, boring (of a person)
    Synonym: تقيل الدمّ (tʔīl id-damm)