Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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زرد زردم زرط


Q. 1. ⇒ زردم

زَرْدَمَهُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. زَرْدَمَةٌ, (TA,) He squeezed his throat: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or he throttled him; or strangled him: (Ḳ:) as also زَرْدَبَهُ. (TA.)

Root: زردم - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: A2

And He swallowed it. (Ḳ.)


زَرْدَمَةٌ

زَرْدَمَةٌ inf. n. of the verb above. (TA.)

Root: زردم - Entry: زَرْدَمَةٌ Dissociation: B

Also The place of swallowing: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or the غَلْصَمَة [or epiglottis]: (Ḳ:) or, as some say, it is [the part] beneath the حُلْقُوم [or windpipe: or, app., the part beneath the head of the حلقوم]: and in it, or upon it, is set the tongue: some say that the word is Pers. [in origin; app. holding it to be arabicized from the Pers. زَرْدَمَنْ, which signifies the “windpipe”]. (TA.)


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