خندق

Arabic

Etymology

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

Verb

خَنْدَقَ (ḵandaqa) Iq, non-past يُخَنْدِقُ‎ (yuḵandiqu)

  1. to dig a moat, to make a moat

Conjugation

Noun

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

  1. moat

Declension

Descendants

  • Koine Greek: χάνδαξ (khándax)
    • Byzantine Greek: χανδάκιον (khandákion)
  • Kurdish: xendek, xendeq
  • Middle Armenian: խէնդէկ (xēndēk), խէնտէկ (xēntēk), խանտակ (xantak)
  • Old Armenian: խանդակ (xandak)
  • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (hendek)
  • → Persian: خندق (xandaq)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: खन्दक (khandak)
      Urdu: خندق‎ (xandaq)
  • Tajik: хандақ (xandaq)
  • Uzbek: xandaq

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), խանդակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 330b

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. moat

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: खन्दक (khandak)
    Urdu: خندق‎ (xandaq)
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