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^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban