حلقوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ل ق (ḥ-l-q) meaning "to razor something", hence the place or portions severed when slaughtering an animal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħul.quːm/

Noun

حُلْقُوم (ḥulqūm) m (plural حَلَاقِيم (ḥalāqīm))

  1. throat, gullet
  2. esophagus, place of the epiglottis
  3. trachea, windpipe
  4. fauces

Derived terms

Declension

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), حلقوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 628-631
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