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عرتب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the nose and specific parts of the upper lip area. It describes the nose itself, the softer part of it, and the philtrum or the area beneath the nose on the upper lip.

Derived headwords

العَرْتَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    noseboth

    The nose, the organ of smell.

  2. 2.
    soft part of noseclassical

    The softer part of the nose.

  3. 3.
    philtrumboth

    The groove or indentation below the nose in the middle of the upper lip.

العَرْتَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    philtrumclassical

    The groove or indentation below the nose in the middle of the upper lip, considered a variant pronunciation or term for the same area.

Parallel reading

العرتبة: الأنف، وقيل: ما لان منه، وقيل: هي الدائرة تحته في وسط الشفة.
Al-'urtubah: The nose, and it was said: what is soft of it, and it was said: it is the groove beneath it in the middle of the lip.
ويقال للدائرة التي عند الأنف، وسط الشفة العليا: العرتمة، والعرتبة، لغة فيها.
And it is said for the groove which is by the nose, in the middle of the upper lip: al-'artamah, and al-'urtubah, a variant pronunciation for it.
فوضع أصبعه على وترة أنفه.
So he placed his finger on the philtrum of his nose.