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Where does “خندق” come from?
خندق (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic خَنْدَق, from Pahlavi *handag.
Ancestry of “خندق”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
خَنْدَق
ditch”, “moat
2
Pahlavi
*handag
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Words derived from “خندق”
خَنٛدَق
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