أنجر

See also: أنجز

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra), possibly via Classical Persian لنگر (langar) with rebracketing. However, other Greek nautical terms reached Arabic directly.

Noun

أَنْجَر • (ʔanjar) m (plural أَنَاجِر (ʔanājir))

  1. anchor

Declension

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References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 229
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أنجر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 63
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أنجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 83
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