حنك

See also: خنک, چنگ, خنگ, جنک, and جنگ

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew חֵךְ (ḥēḵ), Aramaic חִכָּא /‎ ܚܸܟܿܵܐ (ḥekkā, palate). See the root ح ن ك (ḥ-n-k) for explanation how further meanings of this root are related to the mouthpart idea.

Noun

حَنَك (ḥanak) m (plural أَحْنَاك (ʾaḥnāk))

  1. palate, palatum durum
  2. jaw[1]
    Synonym: فَكّ (fakk)

Declension

Derived terms

  • حَنَكِيّ (ḥanakiyy, palatal)

Descendants

  • Armenian: հանաք (hanakʿ)
  • Azerbaijani: hənək
  • Kurdish:
    • Northern Kurdish: henek, ḧenek
    • Central Kurdish: حەنەک (ḧenek)
    • Southern Kurdish: ھەنەک (henek)
  • Talysh: hənək
  • Tat: гьенег
  • Turkish: hanek, henek
  • Turkmen: eňek, henek
  • Udi: гьаьнаьй (hänäj)
  • Zazaki: hênek

Verb

حَنَكَ (ḥanaka) I, non-past يَحْنِكُ or يَحْنُكُ‎ (yaḥniku or yaḥnuku)

  1. to put to the palate
  2. to attain experience, to become trained, to gain discipline
  3. to comprehend, to conceive

Conjugation

Verb

حَنَّكَ (ḥannaka) II, non-past يُحَنِّكُ‎ (yuḥanniku)

  1. to attain experience, to become trained, to gain discipline
  2. to rub the palate
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 38:32:
      وَضَعَهُ فِي حَجْرِه ثُمَّ دَعَا بِتَمْرَةٍ فَمَضَغَهَا ثُمَّ تَفَلَ فِي فِيهِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ شَىْءٍ دَخَلَ جَوْفَهُ رِيقُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ حَنَّكَهُ بِالتَّمْرَةِ ثُمَّ دَعَا لَهُ وَبَرَّكَ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَوْلُودٍ وُلِدَ فِي الإِسْلَامِ
      waḍaʿahu fī ḥajrih ṯumma daʿā bitamratin famaḍaḡahā ṯumma tafala fī fīhi fakāna ʾawwala šāʾin daḵala jawfahu rīqu rasūli l-lahi ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wasallama ṯumma ḥannakahu bi-t-tamrati ṯumma daʿā lahu wabarraka ʿalayhi wakāna ʾawwala mawlūdin wulida fī l-ʾislāmi
      He placed him on his lap then called for a date and then chewed it and then spat into him and the first thing that went into his stomach was the spittle of God’s messenger, then he rubbed his palate with the date, then he called for him and blessed him, and it was the first child born in Islam.

Conjugation

Noun

حَنْك (ḥank) m

  1. verbal noun of حَنَكَ (ḥanaka) (form I)

Declension

Noun

حُنْك (ḥunk) m

  1. prudence, being seasoned, sophistication, resourcefulness, discretion, wisdom, acumen

Declension

References

  1. Tʿazpazean, Žorž (1960), حنك”, in Baṙaran Araberēn Hayerēn [Arabic–Armenian Dictionary], Beirut: Tparan ATLAS, page 102
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