أخدود

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ د د (ḵ-d-d)

Reduplication of خَدّ (ḵadd, cheek), obviously because for a ditch or graben two sides need to have a cheek each, as a man does.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔux.duːd/

Noun

أُخْدُود • (ʔuḵdūd) m (plural أَخَادِيد (ʔaḵādīd))

  1. trench, ditch
    Synonym: خَنْدَق (ḵandaq)
    أُخْدُودُ مَارِيَانَاʔuḵdūdu māriyānāThe Mariana Trench
  2. canyon, gorge
    Synonym: خَانِق (ḵāniq)
  3. graben
    Synonym: خَسْفَة (ḵasfa)

Declension

Derived terms

  • أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ pl (ʔaṣḥābu l-ʔuḵdūdi, People of the Ditch)
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