Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ز ن خ (z-n-ḵ).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to become rancid

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? zanax
Dari reading? zanax
Iranian reading? zanax
Tajik reading? zanax

Noun edit

زنخ (zanax)

  1. chin
  2. the pit in the chin

Related terms edit

References edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ز ن خ
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic زَنِخ (zaniḵ).

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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)