خرطوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ط م (ḵ-r-ṭ-m). Compare Hebrew חַרְטוֹם (ḥarṭōm)

Noun

خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm) m (plural خَرَاطِيم (ḵarāṭīm))

  1. trunk (of an elephant), snout, muzzle, nose
  2. ugly face
  3. sucking pipe of a pump or similar
  4. spout
  5. hose

Declension

References

  • خرطوم” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), خرطوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خرطوم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
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