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Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian گَنْگ (gang), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
الْكَنْك • (al-kank) m
- the Ganges
Dimashqi,
نخبة الدهر في عجائب البر والبحر :
- نَهْر الْكَنْك
- nahr al-kank
Ibn Battuta,
تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار :
- فَتَحَرَّكَ ٱلسُّلْطَانُ عِنْدَ ذَٰلِكَ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ إِلَى مَحَلَّةِ عَيْنِ ٱلْمُلْكِ عَلَى نَهْرِ ٱلْكَنْك
- fa-taḥarraka s-sulṭānu ʕinda ḏālika wa-naḥnu maʕahu ʔilā maḥallati ʕayni l-mulki ʕalā nahri l-kank
Rifa'a Tahtawi,
تخليص الإبريز في تلخيص باريز :
- قَالَ بَعْضُ عُلَمَاءِ ٱلْكِيمِيَا مِنَ ٱلْإِفْرَنْجِ إِنَّ أَقَلَّ ٱلْمِيَاهِ خَلِيطًا بِالْمَوَادِّ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةِ نِيلُ مِصْرَ وَنَهْرُ ٱلْكَنْكِ بِبِلَادِ ٱلْهِنْدِ وَنَهْرُ ٱلسِّينِ بِبَارِيس
- qāla baʕḍu ʕulamāʔi l-kīmiyā mina l-ʔifranji ʔinna ʔaqalla l-miyāhi ḵalīṭan bi-l-mawāddi l-ḵārijiyyati nīlu miṣra wa-nahru l-kanki bi-bilādi l-hindi wa-nahru s-sīni bi-bārīs
Butrus Bustani,
دائرة المعارف :
- نَهْر الْكَنْك
- nahr al-kank
Declension
Declension of noun الْكَنْك (al-kank)
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basic singular triptote
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Definite
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Construct
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| Informal
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الْكَنْك
al-kank
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| Nominative
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الْكَنْكُ
al-kanku
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| Accusative
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الْكَنْكَ
al-kanka
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| Genitive
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الْكَنْكِ
al-kanki
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