Entry 1
ضنك ḍanuka u (ḍank, ضناكة ḍanāka) to be straitened, cramped, confined (circumstances); to be weak, be exhausted
Entry 2
ضنك ḍank poverty, distress, straits │ عيش ضنك (‘ail) a hard, wretched life
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