خنزیر

See also: خنزير

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, pig, swine), an old borrowing from Aramaic חֲזִירָא (ḥăzīrā, pig, swine).

Noun

خنزیر • (hınzır) (plural خنازیر (hanazir))

  1. pig, swine, any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus
    Synonyms: خوك (huk), طوكوز (doñuz)
  2. (figuratively) pig, swine, a brutal, despicable, or disgusting fellow
    Synonym: طوكوز (doñuz)

Derived terms

  • خنزیرلق (hınzırlık, piggery)
  • خنزیره (hınzıre, sow)
  • خنزیری (hınzırî, swinish)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hınzır

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خِنْزِیر (xinzīr), from Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi خنزیر (xnzyr).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

خِنْزِیر • (xinzīrm (formal plural خَنَازِیر (xanāzīr), Hindi spelling ख़िंज़ीर)[2]

  1. pig; swine
    Synonyms: سُؤَر (suar), خُوک (xūk)
  2. (derogatory, mildly vulgar) a despicable fellow; bastard; scoundrel

Declension

Declension of خنزیر
singular plural
direct خِنْزِیر (xinzīr) خِنْزِیریں (xinzīrẽ)
oblique خِنْزِیر (xinzīr) خِنْزِیروں (xinzīrõ)
vocative خِنْزِیر (xinzīr) خِنْزِیرو (xinzīro)

Derived terms

  • خِنْزِیر کَا بَچَّہ (xinzīr kā bacca, son of a pig)
  • خِنْزِیر کِی اَولَاد (xinzīr kī aulād, son of a pig)

References

  1. ^ خنزیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ خنزیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.