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See also: خنزیر

Arabic

Etymology

An old borrowing of Aramaic חֲזִירָא (ḥăzīrā) / ܚܙܺܝܪܳܐ (ḥəzīrā), akin to Hebrew חֲזִיר (ḥăzīr) and Ugaritic 𐎃𐎐𐎇𐎗 (ḫnzr), and Akkadian 𒄷𒍣𒊏 (ḫuzīru) is a rare borrowing particular to Old Assyrian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xin.ziːr/
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Noun

خِنْزِير (ḵinzīrm (plural خَنَازِير (ḵanāzīr), feminine خِنْزِيرَة (ḵinzīra))

  1. pig, swine, hog
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:3:
      حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ
      ḥurrimat ʕalay-kumu l-maytatu wa-d-damu wa-laḥmu l-ḵinzīri
      Forbidden to you are carrion, blood, and pork
  2. (derogatory) pig, despicable, disgusting person
  3. (derogatory) porky, pig, state henchman
    • 2000, ar:فاضل العزاوي, القلعة الخامسة, Cologne: منشورات الجمل, page 86:
      وفي الليالي إذ كنا نجوع كان حسين يتسلل الى غرفتهم بخفة القط ويسرق مختلف الأطعمة الشهية. معلبات وحليب وجبنة وفواكه كنا نوزعها على فقراء المعتقل الآخرين، قائلين:
      ―كلوا، إنها من غرفة الخنازير.
      In nights when we were hungry Hussayn sneaked into their room in cat’s stealth and stole diverse desirable foodstuff. Canned food and milk and cheese and fruits we shared amongst the other poor inmates, saying:
      Eat, it’s from the pig’s room.

Declension

Declension of noun خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خِنْزِير
ḵinzīr
الْخِنْزِير
al-ḵinzīr
خِنْزِير
ḵinzīr
nominative خِنْزِيرٌ
ḵinzīrun
الْخِنْزِيرُ
al-ḵinzīru
خِنْزِيرُ
ḵinzīru
accusative خِنْزِيرًا
ḵinzīran
الْخِنْزِيرَ
al-ḵinzīra
خِنْزِيرَ
ḵinzīra
genitive خِنْزِيرٍ
ḵinzīrin
الْخِنْزِيرِ
al-ḵinzīri
خِنْزِيرِ
ḵinzīri
dual indefinite definite construct
informal خِنْزِيرَيْن
ḵinzīrayn
الْخِنْزِيرَيْن
al-ḵinzīrayn
خِنْزِيرَيْ
ḵinzīray
nominative خِنْزِيرَانِ
ḵinzīrāni
الْخِنْزِيرَانِ
al-ḵinzīrāni
خِنْزِيرَا
ḵinzīrā
accusative خِنْزِيرَيْنِ
ḵinzīrayni
الْخِنْزِيرَيْنِ
al-ḵinzīrayni
خِنْزِيرَيْ
ḵinzīray
genitive خِنْزِيرَيْنِ
ḵinzīrayni
الْخِنْزِيرَيْنِ
al-ḵinzīrayni
خِنْزِيرَيْ
ḵinzīray
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خَنَازِير
ḵanāzīr
الْخَنَازِير
al-ḵanāzīr
خَنَازِير
ḵanāzīr
nominative خَنَازِيرُ
ḵanāzīru
الْخَنَازِيرُ
al-ḵanāzīru
خَنَازِيرُ
ḵanāzīru
accusative خَنَازِيرَ
ḵanāzīra
الْخَنَازِيرَ
al-ḵanāzīra
خَنَازِيرَ
ḵanāzīra
genitive خَنَازِيرَ
ḵanāzīra
الْخَنَازِيرِ
al-ḵanāzīri
خَنَازِيرِ
ḵanāzīri

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 110–111
  • Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 24
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 126
  • Landsberger, Benno (1934) Die Fauna des alten Mesopotamien nach der 14. Tafel der Serie ḪAR-RA = ḫubullu (Abhandlungen der philologisch-historischen Klasse der sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; XLII. Nr. VI)‎ (in German), Leipzig: Salomon Hirzel, page 101
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 149–152 Nr. 111
  • Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 183
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 50

Malay

خنزير

Etymology

From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

خنزير (plural خنزير-خنزير or خنزير٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of khinzir.‎
    Synonym: بابي (babi)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

خنزير (ḵanzīrm (plural خنازر (ḵnāzir), feminine خنزيرة (ḵanzīra))

  1. pig
    Synonym: حلوف (ḥallūf)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

خنزير (ḵanzīrm (plural خنازير (ḵanāzīr))

  1. pig
    خنزير بريḵanzīr barriboar