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قحقح

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds in the throat, specifically a throat-clearing sound or a dry cough, and is also used to describe the sound of a monkey's laugh. It also denotes a specific anatomical region of the pelvis and surrounding bones.

Derived headwords

القَحْقَحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    throat clearing soundboth

    A sound of repetition in the throat, similar to hoarseness.

  2. 2.
    monkey's laughclassical

    The sound made by a monkey when laughing.

القَحْقَحnoun
  1. 1.
    pelvic bone regionclassical

    The bone surrounding the anus, or what surrounds the anus.

  2. 2.
    hip joint junctionclassical

    The meeting point of the hips from the inside.

  3. 3.
    lower hip boneclassical

    The bone below the pubic bone where the penis is attached, near the lower knee.

  4. 4.
    lower part of the spineclassical

    The bone at the end of the spine, specifically the coccyx.

الخَنْخَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nasal soundclassical

    A sound produced through the nose, often associated with a cold or speech impediment.

الفَنِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    pelvic boneclassical

    A term for a bone in the pelvic region.

العَضْرَطnoun
  1. 1.
    pelvic boneclassical

    A term for a bone in the pelvic region.

الحُرَاهnoun
  1. 1.
    pelvic boneclassical

    A term for a bone in the pelvic region.

البَوْصnoun
  1. 1.
    pelvic boneclassical

    A term for a bone in the pelvic region.

النَّاقnoun
  1. 1.
    pelvic boneclassical

    A term for a bone in the pelvic region.

العَكْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pelvic boneclassical

    A term for a bone in the pelvic region.

العَزِيزَىnoun
  1. 1.
    pelvic boneclassical

    A term for a bone in the pelvic region.

العَصْعَصnoun
  1. 1.
    coccyxboth

    The tailbone, the final section of the vertebral column.

العَجَبnoun
  1. 1.
    pubic boneclassical

    The upper part of the pubic bone, or the pubic region.

الخَوْرَانnoun
  1. 1.
    anusclassical

    The anus, the opening at the end of the digestive tract.

الدُّبُرnoun
  1. 1.
    anusboth

    The anus, the posterior opening of the digestive tract.

Parallel reading

القحقحة: تردد الصوت في الحلق، وهو شبيه بالبحة
The qahqaha: is the repetition of sound in the throat, and it is similar to hoarseness.
ويقال لضحك القرد: القحقحة
And the laugh of the monkey is called: the qahqaha.
ولصوته: الخنخنة
And for its sound: the khankhana.
والقحقح، بالضم: العظم المحيط بالدبر
And the qahqah, with damma, is the bone surrounding the anus.
وقيل: هو ما أحاط بالخوران
And it was said: it is what surrounds the khawaran.
وقيل: هو ملتقى الوركين من باطن
And it was said: it is the meeting of the hips from the inside.
وقيل: هو داخل بين الوركين، وهو مطيف بالخوران
And it was said: it is inside between the hips, and it encircles the khawaran.
والخوران بين القحقح والعصعص
And the khawaran is between the qahqah and the 'as'as.
وقيل: هو أسفل العجب في طباق الوركين
And it was said: it is below the 'ajab in the layers of the hips.
وقيل: هو العظم الذي عليه مغرز الذكر مما يلي أسفل الركب
And it was said: it is the bone on which the base of the penis is, near the lower part of the knee.
وقيل: هو فوق القب شيئا
And it was said: it is slightly above the pubic bone.
القحقح ليس من طرف الصلب في شيء وملتقاه من ظاهر العصعص
The qahqah is not from the end of the spine in any way, and its meeting point is from the exterior of the 'as'as.
وأعلى العصعص العجب وأسفله الذنب
And the upper part of the 'as'as is the 'ajab and its lower part is the tail.
وقيل: القحقح مجتمع الوركين والعصعص طرف الصلب الباطن
And it was said: the qahqah is the junction of the hips and the 'as'as is the inner end of the spine.
وطرفه الظاهر العجب، والخوران هو الدبر
And its outer end is the 'ajab, and the khawaran is the anus.
هو القحقح والفنيك والعضرط والحراه «1» والبوص والناق والعكوة والعزيزى والعصعص
It is the qahqah, and the fanaq, and the 'adraṭ, and the ḥarāh, and the baūṣ, and the nāq, and the 'akwah, and the 'azīzī, and the 'as'as.