مخرز

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root خ ر ز (ḵ-r-z).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mix.raz/

Noun

مِخْرَز • (miḵraz) m

1. awl

   Synonyms: مِخْرَاز (miḵrāz), مِخْصَف (miḵṣaf), مِثْقَب (miṯqab), مِثْقَاب (miṯqāb), إِشْفَى (ʔišfā)

Declension

Declension of noun مِخْرَز (miḵraz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِخْرَز miḵraz	الْمِخْرَز al-miḵraz	مِخْرَز miḵraz
Nominative	مِخْرَزٌ miḵrazun	الْمِخْرَزُ al-miḵrazu	مِخْرَزُ miḵrazu
Accusative	مِخْرَزًا miḵrazan	الْمِخْرَزَ al-miḵraza	مِخْرَزَ miḵraza
Genitive	مِخْرَزٍ miḵrazin	الْمِخْرَزِ al-miḵrazi	مِخْرَزِ miḵrazi

Descendants

• → Swahili: maharazi

References

• Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “مخرز”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “مخرز”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مخرز”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “مخرز”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِخْرَز (miḵraz, “awl”).

Noun

مخرز • (mihrez) (plural مخارز (miharez))

1. awl, a pointed instrument for piercing small holes

   Synonyms: بیز (biz), درفش (direfş)

Derived terms

• مخرزی (mihrezi, “subulate”)

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Subula”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1619
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مخرز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4483
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخرز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1776