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كخخ

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of sleeping, specifically a deep or heavy sleep characterized by snoring or gurgling sounds. It also appears in a Hadith to signify something improper or forbidden.

Derived headwords

كَخَّverb
  1. 1.
    to snoreclassical

    To sleep with a rattling or snoring sound in the throat.

يَكُخُّverb
  1. 1.
    he snoresclassical

    The present tense form of the verb indicating the act of snoring during sleep.

كَخاnoun
  1. 1.
    snoringclassical

    The act or sound of snoring while sleeping.

كَخِيخاnoun
  1. 1.
    snoringclassical

    A more emphatic or descriptive term for snoring, implying a pronounced sound.

الكَرخname
  1. 1.
    Al-Karkhclassical

    A market district in Baghdad, of Nabataean origin.

أَكِيراخname
  1. 1.
    Akirakhclassical

    Another place name mentioned in the region of Al-Sawad.

الكُراخِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    matclassical

    A strip or piece made from woven reeds or rushes, often used for mats.

الكُراخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    water channelerclassical

    A person who directs water to the land for irrigation.

الكارِخnoun
  1. 1.
    water channelerclassical

    A person who guides water to the land, similar to الكراخة.

الكارِخَةnoun
  1. 1.
    throatclassical

    The throat or a part of it. It is also mentioned as possibly being pronounced with a different letter (ح).

Parallel reading

نام فغط
He slept and snored.
أكل الحسن أو الحسين، رضي الله عنهما، تمرة من الصدقة فقال له النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم: كخ كخ، أما علمت أنا أهل بيت لا تحل لنا الصدقة ؟
Al-Hasan or Al-Husayn, may God be pleased with them, ate a date from the charity, and the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to him: 'Kakh kakh, did you not know that we, the family of the Prophet, are not permitted to eat charity?'
الكَرخ: سوق ببغداد، نبطية
Al-Karkh: A market in Baghdad, of Nabataean origin.
وأكيراخ موضع آخر في السواد
And Akirakh is another place in Al-Sawad.
والكُراخِيَّة: الشقة من البواري
And Al-Kurakhiyyah: A strip made from reeds.
الكُراخَة والكارِخ الرجل الذي يسوق الماء إلى الأرض، سوادية
Al-Kurakhah and Al-Karkh: The man who directs water to the land, a term from Al-Sawad.
والكارِخَة: الحلق أو شيء منه
And Al-Karkhah: The throat or a part of it.