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Etymology 1

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

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Verb

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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
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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خَنْدَق (ḵandaqm (plural خَنَادِق (ḵanādiq))

  1. trench
  2. moat
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Further reading

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

Ottoman Turkish

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خندق

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian خندق (xandaq), itself from Arabic خَنْدَق (ḵandaq, trench, moat).

Noun

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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
    Synonym: آرق (ark) (irrigation ditch)

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Readings
Classical reading? xandaq
Dari reading? xandaq
Iranian reading? xandağ
Tajik reading? xandaq

Noun

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

  1. moat

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