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خرم

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root خرم (kh-r-m) primarily relates to concepts of piercing, perforating, or making an opening. This extends to physical openings in the nose, ears, or mountains, as well as metaphorical openings or breaches in things like meter or social norms. It also encompasses ideas of destruction, taking away, and sometimes refers to specific places, plants, or people.

Derived headwords

خَرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to pierceboth

    To pierce or perforate something, specifically the septum of the nose.

  2. 2.
    to breakclassical

    To break or damage the septum of the nose.

تَخَرَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be piercedboth

    To be pierced or perforated, referring to the septum of the nose.

خُرْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pierced spotboth

    The place of piercing in the nose.

خَرْماءadjective
  1. 1.
    pierced earboth

    An ear that has been pierced or has a hole in it.

  2. 2.
    pierced noseclassical

    A nose with a pierced septum.

  3. 3.
    low-lying terrainclassical

    Describing a hill or elevation that descends into a valley, or a mound with a side that is difficult to ascend.

خُرْمnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain noseboth

    The protruding part or 'nose' of a mountain.

  2. 2.
    metrical defectclassical

    In poetry, the omission of the letter 'fa' from the meter 'fa'ūlun' or the letter 'mim' from 'mufā'alatun'.

  3. 3.
    brokenclassical

    A description of a metrical line that has this defect.

  4. 4.
    hillsclassical

    A plural referring to small hills or mounds.

أَخْرَمadjective
  1. 1.
    pierced noseboth

    One whose nasal septum has been pierced or cut.

  2. 2.
    pierced earboth

    One with a pierced ear.

  3. 3.
    broken meterclassical

    A metrical line exhibiting the 'kharm' defect.

  4. 4.
    mountainousclassical

    Referring to a mountain or a specific mountain.

أَخْرَمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    bones in upper jawclassical

    Two bones located at the end of the upper jaw.

  2. 2.
    part of shoulderclassical

    The parts of the shoulders near the upper arms, or the lower ends of the shoulders.

مَخْرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    openingboth

    The opening or end of a hill, or the 'nose' of a mountain or a stream.

مَخَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    pathsboth

    Paths or tracks through rough terrain.

  2. 2.
    early nightclassical

    The early part of the night.

خَوْرَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    front of noseboth

    The front part of the nose, or the area between the nostrils.

  2. 2.
    perforated rocksclassical

    A singular noun for rocks that have holes or perforations.

اخْتَرَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieboth

    To die, to pass away (passive voice).

  2. 2.
    to take awayclassical

    Death took him; it seized him.

  3. 3.
    to destroyclassical

    To destroy, annihilate, or cut off a group of people.

تَخَرَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be destroyedclassical

    To be destroyed, cut off, or annihilated (passive of 'akhtaram').

خَارِمadjective
  1. 1.
    coldclassical

    Cold, or a cold wind.

  2. 2.
    leavingclassical

    One who leaves or abandons.

  3. 3.
    corruptingclassical

    One who corrupts or spoils.

خَارِمadjective
  1. 1.
    licentiousclassical

    Licentious, dissolute, or playful.

خَرِمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be licentiousclassical

    To be licentious or dissolute.

خُرَّمnoun
  1. 1.
    plantboth

    A plant, possibly like lupine, which is violet in color.

  2. 2.
    pleasant lifeclassical

    A soft or pleasant way of life.

خُرَّمِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    heresyclassical

    The doctrine of the Khurramiyya sect, who believed in transmigration and permissiveness.

خُرَّمِيّname
  1. 1.
    follower of Khurramiyyaclassical

    A follower of the Khurramiyya sect.

خُرْمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    lyingclassical

    Lying, falsehood.

  2. 2.
    sinnersclassical

    Those who are pierced or deeply involved in sins.

خُرْمَانname
  1. 1.
    grandfather of a scholarclassical

    The grandfather of a known hadith narrator.

خُرَيْمِيُّونname
  1. 1.
    hadith scholarsclassical

    A group of hadith scholars.

خُرْمَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    harmful herbclassical

    A noxious herb that grows in cotton fields.

مُخَرَّمname
  1. 1.
    neighborhood nameclassical

    A neighborhood in Baghdad named after Yazid ibn Makhram.

أَخْرَمِيّname
  1. 1.
    companionclassical

    A companion of the Prophet (PBUH).

خَرِيمname
  1. 1.
    person's nameclassical

    A name of individuals, including hadith narrators.

تَخَرُّمverb
  1. 1.
    to act unjustlyclassical

    To act with injustice and foolishness, like churning butter.

تَخَرَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to follow heresyclassical

    To adhere to the beliefs of the Khurramiyya.

Parallel reading

خرم الخرزة يخرمها وخرمها فتخرمت: فصمها
To pierce the bead, he pierces it and he pierced it, so it became pierced: meaning it was split.
و فلانا: شق وترة أنفه، وهي ما بين منخريه، فخرم هو، كفرح، أي: تخرمت وترته.
And to pierce someone: to split the septum of his nose, which is the part between his nostrils, so he became pierced, as in 'faraha', meaning his septum was pierced.
والخرمة، محركة: موضع الخرم من الأنف.
And al-khurmah, with vowel movement: the place of piercing in the nose.
والخرماء: الأذن المنخرمة، وعين بالصفراء، وفرس زيد الفوارس الضبي، وفرس راشد بن شماس المعني، وفرس لبني أبي ربيعة، وكل رابية تنهبط في وهدة، أو كل أكمة لها جانب لا يمكن منه الصعود، وعنز شقت أذنها عرضا.
And al-Kharma': the pierced ear, and a spring in al-Safra', and the horse of Zayd al-Fawaris al-Dabbi, and the horse of Rashid ibn Shammās al-Ma'nī, and the horse of Banu Abi Rabi'ah, and every hill that descends into a valley, or every mound that has a side from which ascent is impossible, and a goat whose ear was split horizontally.
والخرم، أنف الجبل، و في الشعر: ذهاب الفاء من فعولن، أو الميم من مفاعلتن، والبيت: مخروم وأخرم ج: خروم، وبالضم: ع، أو جبيلات.
And al-Khurm, the nose of the mountain, and in poetry: the omission of the 'fa' from 'fa'ūlun', or the 'mim' from 'mufā'alatun', and the verse is: 'makhroom' and 'akhram', plural: 'khurūm', and with dammah: a place name, or small hills.
والأخرمان: عظمان منخرمان في طرف الحنك الأعلى، وآخر ما في الكتفين من قبل العضدين أو طرفا أسفل الكتفين اللذان اكتنفا كعبرة الكتف.
And al-Akhramān: two pierced bones at the end of the upper jaw, and the furthest part of the shoulders from the upper arms, or the lower ends of the shoulders that flank the shoulder blade.
والأخرم: منقطع العير حيث ينجذم، والمثقوب الأذن، ومن قطعت وترة أنفه، وملك للروم، وجبل لبني سليم، وآخر بطرف الدهناء، وتضم راؤه، وآخر بنجد.
And al-Akhram: the end of the mountain pass where it breaks off, the pierced-eared one, and one whose nasal septum was cut, and a king of the Romans, and a mountain of Banu Sulaym, and another at the edge of al-Dahnā', with its 'ra' being dammah, and another in Najd.
وخرم الأكمة، بالضم، ومخرمها، كمجلس: منقطعها.
And the 'khurm' of a mound, with dammah, and its 'makhram', like 'majlis': its end or opening.
ومخرم الجبل والسيل: أنفه.
And the 'makhram' of the mountain and the stream: its nose (its opening).
والمخارم: الطرق في الغلظ، وأوائل الليل.
And al-Makhārim: paths through rough terrain, and the early parts of the night.
والخورمة: مقدم الأنف، أو ما بين المنخرين، وواحدة الخورم، لصخور لها خروق.
And al-Khawramah: the front of the nose, or what is between the nostrils, and the singular of al-Khurm, referring to rocks that have holes.
واخترم فلان عنا، مبنيا للمفعول: مات.
And so-and-so passed away from us, in the passive voice: he died.
واخترمته المنية: أخذته، و القوم: استأصلتهم، واقتطعتهم، كتخرمتهم.
And death 'akhtaramathu' him: it took him, and it 'akhtaram' the people: it annihilated them, cut them off, like 'takharrumathum'.
والخارم: البارد، والتارك، والمفسد، والريح الباردة.
And al-Khārim: the cold, the one who leaves, the corruptor, and the cold wind.
وكأمير: الماجن، وقد خرم، ككرم.
And like 'amīr: the dissolute one, and he became dissolute, like 'karuma'.
وكسكر: نبات الشجر، والناعم من العيش، أو هي معربة، ولقب والد الحسين بن إدريس الحافظ، وبهاء: نبت كاللوبياء ج: خرم، وهو بنفسجي اللون، شمه والنظر إليه، مفرح جدا، ومن أمسكه معه، أحبه كل ناظر إليه.
And like 'sukkar': a plant of trees, and a soft life, or it is a loanword, and the title of the father of al-Husayn ibn Idris al-Hafiz, and like 'bahā': a plant like lupine, plural: 'khurm', which is violet in color, smelling and looking at it is very joyful, and whoever holds it with him, everyone who looks at him loves him.
ويتخذ من زهره دهن ينفع لما ذكر.
And from its flower, an oil is made that is beneficial for what was mentioned.
وكسكرة: ة بفارس، منها بابك الخرمي.
And like 'sukkarah': a town in Fars, from which is Babak al-Khurrami.
وأم خرمان أيضا: ع.
And Umm Khurmān is also: a place name.
وفلان يتخرم زبده، أي: يركبنا بالظلم والحمق.
And so-and-so 'yatakharrumu' his butter, meaning: he oppresses us with injustice and foolishness.
وتخرم: دان بدين الخرمية، لأصحاب التناسخ والإباحة.
And 'takharrum': he followed the religion of the Khurramiyya, for the proponents of transmigration and permissiveness.
وكمحدث: محلة ببغداد ليزيد بن مخرم.
And like 'muhaddath': a neighborhood in Baghdad for Yazid ibn Makhram.
والخرمان، كعثمان: الكذب، وكزنار: المتخرمون في المعاصي، وجد أحمد بن عبد الله، وجد عمرو بن حموية المحدثين.
And al-Khurmān, like 'Uthmān: lying, and like 'zunnār': those who are pierced in sins, and the grandfather of Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah, and the grandfather of 'Amr ibn Hamūyah, the hadith scholars.
وموسى بن عامر، وسعيد بن عمرو بن خريم، ومحمد بن محمد بن أبي جحوش الخريميون، بالضم: محدثون.
And Musa ibn 'Amir, and Sa'id ibn 'Amr ibn Khuraym, and Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Juhūsh al-Khuraymiyyūn, with dammah: hadith scholars.
والخرومانة: بقلة تنبت في القطن خبيثة.
And al-Khurmānah: a herb that grows in cotton, which is noxious.
وكمعظم: اسم. وكزبير: ابن فاتك ms1527 بن الأخرم البدري، وابن أيمن: صحابيان.
And like 'mu'dhim': a name. And like 'zubayr': Ibn Fātik ibn al-Akhram al-Badri, and Ibn Ayman: two companions.