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 trench, to make a trench
  2. to dig a moat, to make a moat

Conjugation

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)
    • Azerbaijani: xəndək
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: खन्दक (khandak)
      Urdu: خندق (xandaq)
      Marathi: खंदक (khandak)
      Kannada: ಕಂದಕ (kandaka)
      Konkani: खंदक (khandak)
      Oriya: ଖନ୍ଦକ (khôndôkô)
      Punjabi: ਖੱਡਾ (khaḍḍā)
      Telugu: కందకము (kandakamu)
    • Ottoman Turkish: خندق (hendek)
  • Swahili: handaki
  • Tajik: хандақ (xandaq)
    • Uzbek: xandaq

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), խանդակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, 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

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): IPA(key): /xandaq/

    Noun

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

    1. moat

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: xəndək
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: खन्दक (khandak)
      Urdu: خندق (xandaq)
      Marathi: खंदक (khandak)
      Kannada: ಕಂದಕ (kandaka)
      Konkani: खंदक (khandak)
      Oriya: ଖନ୍ଦକ (khôndôkô)
      Punjabi: ਖੱਡਾ (khaḍḍā)
      Telugu: కందకము (kandakamu)
    • Ottoman Turkish: خندق (hendek)
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