أنجر

See also: أنجز

Arabic

From Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra), possibly via Classical Persian (langar) with rebracketing. However, other Greek nautical terms reached Arabic directly.

أَنْجَر • (ʔanjar) m (plural أَنَاجِر (ʔanājir))

Declension of noun أَنْجَر (ʔanjar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْجَر ʔanjar	الْأَنْجَر al-ʔanjar	أَنْجَر ʔanjar
Nominative	أَنْجَرٌ ʔanjarun	الْأَنْجَرُ al-ʔanjaru	أَنْجَرُ ʔanjaru
Accusative	أَنْجَرًا ʔanjaran	الْأَنْجَرَ al-ʔanjara	أَنْجَرَ ʔanjara
Genitive	أَنْجَرٍ ʔanjarin	الْأَنْجَرِ al-ʔanjari	أَنْجَرِ ʔanjari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْجَرَيْن ʔanjarayn	الْأَنْجَرَيْن al-ʔanjarayn	أَنْجَرَيْ ʔanjaray
Nominative	أَنْجَرَانِ ʔanjarāni	الْأَنْجَرَانِ al-ʔanjarāni	أَنْجَرَا ʔanjarā
Accusative	أَنْجَرَيْنِ ʔanjarayni	الْأَنْجَرَيْنِ al-ʔanjarayni	أَنْجَرَيْ ʔanjaray
Genitive	أَنْجَرَيْنِ ʔanjarayni	الْأَنْجَرَيْنِ al-ʔanjarayni	أَنْجَرَيْ ʔanjaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنَاجِر ʔanājir	الْأَنَاجِر al-ʔanājir	أَنَاجِر ʔanājir
Nominative	أَنَاجِرُ ʔanājiru	الْأَنَاجِرُ al-ʔanājiru	أَنَاجِرُ ʔanājiru
Accusative	أَنَاجِرَ ʔanājira	الْأَنَاجِرَ al-ʔanājira	أَنَاجِرَ ʔanājira
Genitive	أَنَاجِرَ ʔanājira	الْأَنَاجِرِ al-ʔanājiri	أَنَاجِرِ ʔanājiri

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 229
Freytag, Georg (1830) “أنجر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 63
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أنجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 83