خندق

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xan.da.qa/

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xan.daq/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /xan.daɡ/

Noun

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

  1. trench
  2. moat
Declension
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

Ottoman Turkish

خندق

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خندق (xandaq), itself from Arabic خَنْدَق (ḵandaq, trench, moat).

Noun

خندق • (hendek) (plural خنادق (henadik))

  1. (military) trench, a narrow excavation as used in warfare
  2. moat, a deep and defensive ditch normally filled with water
  3. (in general) ditch, trench, gutter, any long, shallow indentation
    Synonym: آرق (ark) (irrigation ditch)

Derived terms

  • برج خندغی (burc hendeği, fosse, moat)
  • صو خندغی (su hendeği, moat)
  • قورو خندغی (kuru hendeği, dried ditch)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xän̪.d̪äq]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xän̪.d̪äq]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xän̪.d̪äq]

Readings
Classical reading? xandaq
Dari reading? xandaq
Iranian reading? xandağ
Tajik reading? xandaq

Noun

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

  1. moat

Descendants

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