زنخ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ز ن خ‎ (z-n-ḵ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.ni.xa/

Verb

زَنِخَ • (zaniḵa) I, non-past يَزْنَخُ‎‎ (yaznaḵu)

  1. to become rancid

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830–1837), “زنخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995), “زنخ”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “زنخ”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “زنخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960), “زنخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Persian

Etymology

From Parthian 𐫉𐫗𐫟‎‎ (znx‎ /zanax/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰánuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus.

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /zanax/

    Noun

    زنخ • (zanax)

    1. chin
    2. the pit in the chin

    References

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ز ن خ‎

    Etymology

    From Arabic زَنِخ‎ (zaniḵ).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /zi.nix/, [ˈzɪ.nɪx]
    • (file)

    Adjective

    زنخ • (ziniḵ) (feminine زنخة‎ (zinḵa), common plural زنخين‎ (zinḵīn), elative أزنخ‎ (ʔaznaḵ))

    1. rancid
    2. (by extension) unpleasant, disagreeable, irritating, boring (of a person)
      Synonym: تقيل الدمّ‎ (tʔīl id-damm)
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