زَنَقَةٌ
Root: زنق
Full Definition
زَنَقَةٌ
A narrow
سِكَّة [or street].
2 A narrow part of a valley.
3 A bend in a wall; or in a سِكَّة [or street]; or in a side of a house; or in a narrow, or very narrow, road of a valley, [so I render فِى عُرْقُوبِ وَادٍ, (see عُرْقُوبٌ,)] in which is what resembles a place of entrance and a twisting or winding: a subst. in all these senses, having no verb.
2 A narrow part of a valley.
3 A bend in a wall; or in a سِكَّة [or street]; or in a side of a house; or in a narrow, or very narrow, road of a valley, [so I render فِى عُرْقُوبِ وَادٍ, (see عُرْقُوبٌ,)] in which is what resembles a place of entrance and a twisting or winding: a subst. in all these senses, having no verb.
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