خنق
Root: خنق
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
خنق kanaqa u (kanq) to choke (ه s.o.); to suffocate, stifle, smother, strangle, throttle, choke to death (ه s.o.); to throttle down (techn.; هـ s.th.); to slow down, cut, check, suppress (هـ s.th.) III to quarrel, have a fight (ه with s.o.) VI to quarrel, dispute, have a fight (مع with s.o.) VII pass. of I; VIII to he throttled, be suppressed; to be tight, constricted (throat); to be strangled, be choked to death
Entry 2
خنق kanq strangling, strangulation; throttling, suppression │ خنق الأنوارk. al-anwāar dim-out
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