خندق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of digging a trench or ditch. It extends to the trench itself, the act of digging it, and metaphorically to something long or a place named after a trench.

Derived headwords

الخَنْدَقnoun

1.
valleyclassical
A valley, often implying a natural depression in the land.
2.
trench, ditchboth
A long, narrow excavation dug in the ground, typically for defense or drainage.
3.
excavated placeboth
The place that has been dug out, referring to the trench itself.
4.
place nameboth
A proper noun referring to a specific location named Al-Khandaq.

خَنْدَقَverb

1.
to dig a trenchboth
To excavate a trench or ditch around something.

خندق حوله — He dug a trench around it

الخَنْدَقُوقadjective

1.
tall, longclassical
Describing something or someone as being tall or long.

خَنْدَق بن زيادname

1.
Khandaq bin Ziyadboth
A proper name of a man from the Arab tribes.

Parallel reading

الخندق: الوادي.

Al-Khandaq: The valley.

والخندق: الحفير.

And Al-Khandaq: The excavation.

وخندق حوله: حفر خندقا.

And he dug a trench around it: he excavated a trench.

والخندق: المحفور، وقد تكلمت به العرب؛

And Al-Khandaq: The excavated [thing], and the Arabs have used it in speech;

لا تحسبن الخندق المحفورا، ... يدفع عنك القدر المقدورا

Do not think the excavated trench... will ward off destiny that is decreed

وهو أيضا اسم موضع؛

And it is also the name of a place;

كعناء ليلتنا التي جعلت لنا، ... بالقريتين، وليلة بالخندق

Like the hardship of our night which was made for us, ... near the two villages, and a night at Al-Khandaq

والخندقوق: الطويل.

And Al-Khandaqooq: The tall one.

وخندق بن زياد: رجل من العرب.

And Khandaq bin Ziyad: A man from the Arabs.