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خندق

Q. 1 خَنْدَقَهُ خندق خندقه خندقة (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 خندق 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 مخندق One who makes a خَنْدَق [i. e. fosse, or moat]. (JK.) خَنْدَقُوقٌ خندقوق Tall. (TA. [But perhaps this is a mistranscription for حَنْدَقُوقٌ, q. v.])
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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