خنزير

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Arabic

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Etymology

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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.

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  • IPA(key): /xin.ziːr/
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Noun

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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.

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Malay

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خنزير

Etymology

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From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).

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خنزير (plural خنزير-خنزير or خنزير۲, informal 1st possessive خنزيرکو, 2nd possessive خنزيرمو, 3rd possessive خنزيرڽ)

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

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).

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Noun

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

  1. pig
    Synonym: حلوف (ḥallūf)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).

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خنزير (ḵanzīrm (plural خنازير (ḵanāzīr))

  1. pig
    خنزير بريḵanzīr barriboar