أنجر
See also: أنجز
Arabic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra), possibly via Persian لنگر (langar) with rebracketing. However, other Greek nautical terms reached Arabic directly.
Noun
أَنْجَر • (ʾanjar) m (plural أَنَاجِر (ʾanājir))
- anchor
Declension
Declension of noun أَنْجَر (ʾanjar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَنْجَر ʾanjar | الْأَنْجَر al-ʾanjar | أَنْجَر ʾanjar |
| Nominative | أَنْجَرٌ ʾanjarun | الْأَنْجَرُ al-ʾanjaru | أَنْجَرُ ʾanjaru |
| Accusative | أَنْجَرًا ʾanjaran | الْأَنْجَرَ al-ʾanjara | أَنْجَرَ ʾanjara |
| Genitive | أَنْجَرٍ ʾanjarin | الْأَنْجَرِ al-ʾanjari | أَنْجَرِ ʾanjari |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | أَنْجَرَيْن ʾanjarayn | الْأَنْجَرَيْن al-ʾanjarayn | أَنْجَرَيْ ʾanjaray |
| Nominative | أَنْجَرَانِ ʾanjarāni | الْأَنْجَرَانِ al-ʾanjarāni | أَنْجَرَا ʾanjarā |
| Accusative | أَنْجَرَيْنِ ʾanjarayni | الْأَنْجَرَيْنِ al-ʾanjarayni | أَنْجَرَيْ ʾanjaray |
| Genitive | أَنْجَرَيْنِ ʾanjarayni | الْأَنْجَرَيْنِ al-ʾanjarayni | أَنْجَرَيْ ʾanjaray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَنَاجِر ʾanājir | الْأَنَاجِر al-ʾanājir | أَنَاجِر ʾanājir |
| Nominative | أَنَاجِرُ ʾanājiru | الْأَنَاجِرُ al-ʾanājiru | أَنَاجِرُ ʾanājiru |
| Accusative | أَنَاجِرَ ʾanājira | الْأَنَاجِرَ al-ʾanājira | أَنَاجِرَ ʾanājira |
| Genitive | أَنَاجِرَ ʾanājira | الْأَنَاجِرِ al-ʾanājiri | أَنَاجِرِ ʾanājiri |
Synonyms
- مِرْسَاة (mirsāh)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 229
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “أنجر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 63
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أنجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 83