مناخير

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Plural of مِنْخَار (minḵār, “nostril”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mænæˈxiːɾ]

Noun

مناخير • (manaḵī́r) f

  1. (anatomy) nose
    Synonym: انف

References
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895) “مناخير”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 581
  • Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban
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