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حثرم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the anatomical features of the face, specifically the area around the mouth and nose. It describes the philtrum, the upper lip, and related facial characteristics, including thickness of the lips.

Derived headwords

الحَثْرَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    philtrumboth

    The vertical groove between the base of the nose and the upper lip.

  2. 2.
    upper lipclassical

    Specifically, the central part of the upper lip.

  3. 3.
    tip of the noseclassical

    The tip or apex of the nose.

حَثْرَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thick lipsclassical

    A condition of having thick lips.

أَبْظَرadjective
  1. 1.
    prominent philtrumclassical

    Describing a man whose philtrum is slightly elongated or prominent.

حَثْرَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    philtrumclassical

    An alternative form for the philtrum or the area around it.

خَثْرَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    philtrumclassical

    A variant pronunciation and spelling of the word for philtrum, using the letter 'خ' (kh) instead of 'ح' (h).

حَثَارِمadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-lippedclassical

    A man characterized by thick lips.

Parallel reading

الحثرمة، بالكسر: الدائرة التي تحت الأنف.
Al-hathramah, with a kasrah: the circle beneath the nose.
الجوهري: الحثرمة الدائرة في وسط الشفة العليا، وقيل هي الأرنبة، كلاهما بكسر الحاء والراء، ورواه ابن دريد بفتحهما، وقد رواه بعضهم بالخاء المعجمة مع الكسر في الخاء والراء، قال الجوهري: إذا طالت الحثرمة قليلا قيل رجل أبظر؛
Al-Jawhari: Al-hathramah is the circle in the middle of the upper lip, and it is said to be the tip of the nose; both with a kasrah on the haa' and raa'. Ibn Duraid narrated it with both open, and some narrated it with the letter 'kha' (خ) with a kasrah on the kha' and raa'. Al-Jawhari said: If the hathramah is slightly long, one says a man is abthar;
كأنما حثرمة ابن غابن ... قلفة طفل تحت موسى خاتن
As if Ibn Ghabin's hathramah... is the foreskin of a child under a circumciser's knife
قال ابن بري: وحكي ابن دريد حثربة، بالباء.
Ibn Bury said: Ibn Duraid mentioned hathrabah, with a baa'.
وقال أبو حاتم السجزي: الخثرمة بالخاء لهذه الدائرة.
And Abu Hatim al-Sijzi said: Al-khathramah, with kha, refers to this circle.
ابن الأعرابي: الحثرمة بالحاء؛
Ibn al-A'rabi: Al-hathramah, with haa';
الأزهري: هما لغتان، بالحاء والخاء، في هذه الكلمة.
Al-Azhari: They are two linguistic variants, with haa' and kha, for this word.
ورجل حثارم: غليظ الشفة، والاسم الحثرمة.
And a man hathārim: thick-lipped, and the noun is al-hathramah.