ذخيرة

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Arabic

Root
ذ خ ر (ḏ-ḵ-r)

Pronunciation

Noun

ذَخِيرَة (ḏaḵīraf (plural ذَخَائِر (ḏaḵāʔir))

  1. supply, reserve
    1. (military) ammunition, war material
      • 2017 December 27, “مقتل 38 حوثيا في غارات للتحالف على مواقع عسكرية شمالي الضالع اليمنية”, in The Baghdad Post:
        وقال مصدر إن "غارات جوية استهدفت مواقع وآليات قتالية ومخازن أسلحة للميليشيات بمعسكر حام، في مديرية المتون شمالي المحافظة؛ ما أسفر عن سقوط قتلى وجرحى من الميليشيات، علاوة على تدمير آليات ثقيلة، وكمية من الأسلحة والذخائر.
        And a source said that “air attacks targeted positions and combat machinery and weapon depots belonging to militias in the Ḥām camp, in the Al-Matūn District in the north of the governorate; which lead to the deaths of the killed and wounded of the militias, in addition to destruction of heavy machinery, and amounts of weapons and ammunition.”

Declension

Descendants

  • Amharic: ዳሄራ (dahera)
  • Ge'ez: ዳሄራ (dahera)
  • Persian: ذخیره (zaxire)