نخر

نُخْرَةٌ ذ (tropical:) A vehement blowing of the wind. (S, A, K.) -A2- Also, (S, A, K,) and ↓ نُخَرَةٌ, (S,) The fore part of the nose, (S, K,) i. e., the head thereof, [or the flexible part, ] of a man, (TA,) and of a horse, and of an ass, and of a pig, (S,) and of a sheep or goat, and of a she-camel: (TA:) or the hole thereof; (K;) i. q. ↓ مَنْخِرٌ: (A:) or the part between the two nostrils: or the end, or tip, of the nose: (K:) or, as some say, the nose itself: (A, TA:) whence the saying, (TA,) هشم نُخْرَتَهُ He broke his nose. (S, TA.)