أنجر

See also: أنجز

Arabic

From Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra), possibly via Classical Persian (langar) with rebracketing. However, other Greek nautical terms reached Arabic directly.

أَنْجَر • (ʔanjar) m (plural أَنَاجِر (ʔanājir))

Declension of noun **أَنْجَر** (ʔanjar)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَنْجَر ʔanjar	الْأَنْجَر al-ʔanjar	أَنْجَر ʔanjar
nominative	أَنْجَرٌ ʔanjarun	الْأَنْجَرُ al-ʔanjaru	أَنْجَرُ ʔanjaru
accusative	أَنْجَرًا ʔanjaran	الْأَنْجَرَ al-ʔanjara	أَنْجَرَ ʔanjara
genitive	أَنْجَرٍ ʔanjarin	الْأَنْجَرِ al-ʔanjari	أَنْجَرِ ʔanjari
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَنْجَرَيْن ʔanjarayn	الْأَنْجَرَيْن al-ʔanjarayn	أَنْجَرَيْ ʔanjaray
nominative	أَنْجَرَانِ ʔanjarāni	الْأَنْجَرَانِ al-ʔanjarāni	أَنْجَرَا ʔanjarā
accusative	أَنْجَرَيْنِ ʔanjarayni	الْأَنْجَرَيْنِ al-ʔanjarayni	أَنْجَرَيْ ʔanjaray
genitive	أَنْجَرَيْنِ ʔanjarayni	الْأَنْجَرَيْنِ al-ʔanjarayni	أَنْجَرَيْ ʔanjaray
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَنَاجِر ʔanājir	الْأَنَاجِر al-ʔanājir	أَنَاجِر ʔanājir
nominative	أَنَاجِرُ ʔanājiru	الْأَنَاجِرُ al-ʔanājiru	أَنَاجِرُ ʔanājiru
accusative	أَنَاجِرَ ʔanājira	الْأَنَاجِرَ al-ʔanājira	أَنَاجِرَ ʔanājira
genitive	أَنَاجِرَ ʔanājira	الْأَنَاجِرِ al-ʔanājiri	أَنَاجِرِ ʔanājiri

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^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 63
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أنجر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 83