Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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حِتَارٌ

حِتَارٌ The circuit, rim, or surrounding edge, of a thing; what surrounds [the whole of] a thing: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) pl. حُتُرٌ. (Ṣ.)

Root: حتر - Entry: حِتَارٌ Signification: A2

The hoop of a sieve [and the like]. (TA.)

Root: حتر - Entry: حِتَارٌ Signification: A3

The anus; syn. حَلْقَةُ الدُّبُرِ; (Ḳ;) or such is the meaning حِتَارُ الدُّبُرِ, and شَرَجُهُ: (Mgh in art. شرج:) and the extremities of its skin; i. e. the place where the external skin and the extremities of the خَوْرَان [or rectum] meet: or the edges of the دُبُر [or anus]: (TA:) or the part between the anus and the anterior pudendum: or the line between the two testicles. (Ḳ.)

Root: حتر - Entry: حِتَارٌ Signification: A4

حِتَارُ الأُذُنِ The circuit of the edges of the gristles of the ear. (TA.)

Root: حتر - Entry: حِتَارٌ Signification: A5

حِتَارُ العَيْنِ The edges of the eyelids, which meet when the eye is closed: (TA:) or the زِيق of the eyelid, (Ḳ accord. to some copies, [and this is the right reading, meaning its edge, زيق being here used tropically, its proper signification being the “part” of a shirt “that surrounds the neck,”] as is said in the TA,) internally: in most copies of the Ḳ رَيْقُ الجَفْنِ, [in the CK رِيقُ الجُفْنِ,] with راء [not زاى]. (TA.)

Root: حتر - Entry: حِتَارٌ Signification: A6

حِتَارُ الظُّفُرِ The part of the flesh which is around the nail. (TA.)


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