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ضنك

Root: ضن

2 entries for this word

Hans Wehr Definitions

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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