حنجرة

حنجرة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ج ر‎ (ḥ-j-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħan.d͡ʒa.ra/

Noun

حَنْجَرَة • (ḥanjara) f (plural حَنَاجِر‎ (ḥanājir))

1. throat, larynx
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:10:

     ‏إِذْ جَاؤُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتْ الأَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتْ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا‎

     ʾiḏ jāʾūkum min fawqikum wa-min ʾasfala minkum wa-ʾiḏ zāḡat al-ʾabṣāru wa-balaḡat al-qulūbu l-ḥanājira wa-taẓunnūna bi-l-lāhi ẓ-ẓunūnā

     [Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when the gazes shifted, and the hearts reached the throats and you assumed about Allah assumptions.

Declension

Declension of noun حَنْجَرَة (ḥanjara)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَنْجَرَة ḥanjara	الْحَنْجَرَة‎ al-ḥanjara	حَنْجَرَة ḥanjarat
Nominative	حَنْجَرَةٌ ḥanjaratun	الْحَنْجَرَةُ‎ al-ḥanjaratu	حَنْجَرَةُ ḥanjaratu
Accusative	حَنْجَرَةً ḥanjaratan	الْحَنْجَرَةَ‎ al-ḥanjarata	حَنْجَرَةَ ḥanjarata
Genitive	حَنْجَرَةٍ ḥanjaratin	الْحَنْجَرَةِ‎ al-ḥanjarati	حَنْجَرَةِ ḥanjarati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَنْجَرَتَيْن‎ ḥanjaratayn	الْحَنْجَرَتَيْن‎ al-ḥanjaratayn	حَنْجَرَتَيْ‎ ḥanjaratay
Nominative	حَنْجَرَتَانِ‎ ḥanjaratāni	الْحَنْجَرَتَانِ‎ al-ḥanjaratāni	حَنْجَرَتَا‎ ḥanjaratā
Accusative	حَنْجَرَتَيْنِ‎ ḥanjaratayni	الْحَنْجَرَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḥanjaratayni	حَنْجَرَتَيْ‎ ḥanjaratay
Genitive	حَنْجَرَتَيْنِ‎ ḥanjaratayni	الْحَنْجَرَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḥanjaratayni	حَنْجَرَتَيْ‎ ḥanjaratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَنَاجِر‎ ḥanājir	الْحَنَاجِر‎ al-ḥanājir	حَنَاجِر‎ ḥanājir
Nominative	حَنَاجِرُ‎ ḥanājiru	الْحَنَاجِرُ‎ al-ḥanājiru	حَنَاجِرُ‎ ḥanājiru
Accusative	حَنَاجِرَ‎ ḥanājira	الْحَنَاجِرَ‎ al-ḥanājira	حَنَاجِرَ‎ ḥanājira
Genitive	حَنَاجِرَ‎ ḥanājira	الْحَنَاجِرِ‎ al-ḥanājiri	حَنَاجِرِ‎ ḥanājiri

Derived terms

• حَنْجَرِيّ‎ (ḥanjariyy)

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: حَنجَرة‎ (ḥanjara), حُنجُرة‎ (ḥunjura)
• Maltese: ħanġra
• Moroccan Arabic: حنجرة‎ (ḥanjra)

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَنْجَرَة‎ (ḥanjara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħand͡ʒara/, /ħund͡ʒura/

Noun

حَنجَرة or حُنجُرة • (ḥanjara or ḥunjura) f (plural حناجر‎ (ḥanājir))

1. larynx

See also

• حَلْق‎ (ḥalg, “throat”)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَنْجَرَة‎ (ḥanjara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħan.ʒra/

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Noun

حنجرة • (ḥanjra) f (plural حناجر‎ (ḥnājir) or حنجرات‎ (ḥanjrāt))

1. throat, larynx

   Synonym: حلق‎ (ḥalq)

Derived terms

• حنجر‎ (ḥanjar)