خنزير
See also: خنزیر
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
An old borrowing of Aramaic חֲזִירָא (ḥăzīrā) / ܚܙܺܝܪܳܐ (ḥəzīrā), akin to Hebrew חֲזִיר (ḥăzīr) and Ugaritic 𐎃𐎐𐎇𐎗 (ḫnzr), and Akkadian 𒄷𒍣𒊏 (ḫuzīru) is a rare borrowing particular to Old Assyrian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
خِنْزِير • (ḵinzīr) m (plural خَنَازِير (ḵanāzīr), feminine خِنْزِيرَة (ḵinzīra))
- pig, swine, hog
- (derogatory) pig, despicable, disgusting person
- (derogatory) porky, pig, state henchman
- 2000, ar:فاضل العزاوي, القلعة الخامسة, Cologne: منشورات الجمل, page 86:
- وفي الليالي إذ كنا نجوع كان حسين يتسلل الى غرفتهم بخفة القط ويسرق مختلف الأطعمة الشهية. معلبات وحليب وجبنة وفواكه كنا نوزعها على فقراء المعتقل الآخرين، قائلين:
―كلوا، إنها من غرفة الخنازير.- In nights when we were hungry Hussayn sneaked into their room in cat’s stealth and stole diverse desirable foodstuff. Canned food and milk and cheese and fruits we shared amongst the other poor inmates, saying:
Eat, it’s from the pig’s room.
- In nights when we were hungry Hussayn sneaked into their room in cat’s stealth and stole diverse desirable foodstuff. Canned food and milk and cheese and fruits we shared amongst the other poor inmates, saying:
Declension edit
Declension of noun خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | خِنْزِير ḵinzīr |
الْخِنْزِير al-ḵinzīr |
خِنْزِير ḵinzīr |
Nominative | خِنْزِيرٌ ḵinzīrun |
الْخِنْزِيرُ al-ḵinzīru |
خِنْزِيرُ ḵinzīru |
Accusative | خِنْزِيرًا ḵinzīran |
الْخِنْزِيرَ al-ḵinzīra |
خِنْزِيرَ ḵinzīra |
Genitive | خِنْزِيرٍ ḵinzīrin |
الْخِنْزِيرِ al-ḵinzīri |
خِنْزِيرِ ḵinzīri |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | خِنْزِيرَيْن ḵinzīrayn |
الْخِنْزِيرَيْن al-ḵinzīrayn |
خِنْزِيرَيْ ḵinzīray |
Nominative | خِنْزِيرَانِ ḵinzīrāni |
الْخِنْزِيرَانِ al-ḵinzīrāni |
خِنْزِيرَا ḵinzīrā |
Accusative | خِنْزِيرَيْنِ ḵinzīrayni |
الْخِنْزِيرَيْنِ al-ḵinzīrayni |
خِنْزِيرَيْ ḵinzīray |
Genitive | خِنْزِيرَيْنِ ḵinzīrayni |
الْخِنْزِيرَيْنِ al-ḵinzīrayni |
خِنْزِيرَيْ ḵinzīray |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | خَنَازِير ḵanāzīr |
الْخَنَازِير al-ḵanāzīr |
خَنَازِير ḵanāzīr |
Nominative | خَنَازِيرُ ḵanāzīru |
الْخَنَازِيرُ al-ḵanāzīru |
خَنَازِيرُ ḵanāzīru |
Accusative | خَنَازِيرَ ḵanāzīra |
الْخَنَازِيرَ al-ḵanāzīra |
خَنَازِيرَ ḵanāzīra |
Genitive | خَنَازِيرَ ḵanāzīra |
الْخَنَازِيرِ al-ḵanāzīri |
خَنَازِيرِ ḵanāzīri |
Derived terms edit
- خَنَازِيرِيّ (ḵanāzīriyy, “scrofulous”)
- خِنْزِير بَرِّيّ (ḵinzīr barriyy, “boar”)
- بَصَل الْخِنْزِير (baṣal al-ḵinzīr, “sea onion”)
- عُشْبَة الْخِنْزِير (ʕušba al-ḵinzīr, “hogweed”)
Descendants edit
- Maltese: ħanżir
- Moroccan Arabic: خنزير (ḵanzīr)
- → Ge'ez: ኀንዚር (ḫänzir), ሕንዚር (ḥənzir), ሐንዚር (ḥänzir), ሐንዘር (ḥänzär)
- → Hausa: alhanzir (“warthog”)
- → Mehri: ḫənzir
- → Malay: khinzir
- → Shehri: ḫanzír
- → Sicilian: canzirru
- → Swahili: hanziri
- → Ottoman Turkish: خنزیر (hınzır)
- Turkish: hınzır
- → Georgian: ხინძირი (xinʒiri) — Chveneburi
- → Laz: ხინძირი (xinżiri, “piggishness, filthiness”)
- → Mingrelian: ხინძირი (xinʒiri, “filthy, dirty”)
References edit
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 110–111
- Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 24
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 126
- Landsberger, Benno (1934) Die Fauna des alten Mesopotamien nach der 14. Tafel der Serie ḪAR-RA = ḫubullu (Abhandlungen der philologisch-historischen Klasse der sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; XLII. Nr. VI)[1] (in German), Leipzig: Salomon Hirzel, page 101
- Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 149–152 Nr. 111
- Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 183
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 50
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /xinze(r)/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /xinzɪ(r)/
- Rhymes: -ze(r), -e(r)
Noun edit
خنزير (plural خنزير-خنزير or خنزير۲, informal 1st possessive خنزيرکو, 2nd possessive خنزيرمو, 3rd possessive خنزيرڽ)
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
خنزير • (ḵanzīr) m (plural خنازر (ḵnāzir), feminine خنزيرة (ḵanzīra))
South Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).