ܟܰܢܕܰܩ kndq kandaq ditch
Early MP *kandak, later *kandag, a derivative of MP kandan, kan- to dig (CPD 49; Nyberg 111), NP kandan, kan- to dig (Steingass 1054; Horn 194); NP kanda dug, excavated; engraved, carved; a ditch round fortified towns, gardens or fields; a fosse, moat, etc. (Steingass 1054); NP, Arab. xandaq a ditch, fosse, moat (Steingass 477); perhaps cf. ManMP kndʾr, qndʾr /kandār/ ditch (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 206; Henning 1933, 172 n.). — Arab. ḫandaq ditch, trench, from the verbal root ḫandaqa to dig ● lib. Himjarit. Islam 12, 183; Bh chr 242, 20 ◆ LS 333b