khandaq

trench, ditch

خَنْدَق

Word

Noun

Root

خ ن د ق

Forms

Plural
خَنادِق

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30/520-وعن جابر رضي اللَّه عنه قَالَ: إِنَّا كُنَّا يَوْم الخَنْدَقِ نَحْفِرُ، فَعَرضَتْ كُدْيَةٌ شَديدَةٌ،

Riyad al-Salihin, page 268 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • خَنْدَقَهُ He dug a خَنْدَق
    (K) and خَنْدَقَ حَوْلَهُ (TA) He dug a خَنْدَق, i. e. fosse, or moat, around it. (K, * TA.) [In the CK the words of this art. are with ذ in the place of د.]
  • خَنْدَقٌ A fosse, or moat
    A fosse, or moat, [such as is] dug around the walls of cities: arabicized, from كَنْدَهْ, (IDrd, K,) which is Persian: (IDrd:) pl. خَنَادِقُ. (TA.) ― -b2- And A valley. (TA.)
  • مُخَنْدِقٌ who makes a خَنْدَق
    One who makes a خَنْدَق [i. e. fosse, or moat]. (JK.)
  • خَنْدَقُوقٌ Tall
    Tall. (TA. [But perhaps this is a mistranscription for حَنْدَقُوقٌ, q. v.])

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