anegar

(Îngilîzî)

  1. (transitive) to inundate, to flood
  2. (transitive) to drown

Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek
a‧ne‧gar
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/aneˈɡaɾ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *adnecāre, prefixed from Latin necāre (“murder”). The verb's sense specialized to 'drown' throughout Romance; compare French noyer, Italian annegare, Romanian îneca, Portuguese anegar.

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