أخدود
Meaning
- trench, ditch
- canyon, gorge
- graben
Synonyms
Translations
Graben
fossé d’effondrement
canalPronounced as (IPA)
/ʔux.duːd/
Etymology
Reduplication of خَدّ (ḵadd, “cheek”), obviously because for a ditch or graben two sides need to have a cheek each, as a man does.
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