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زردمه

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of swallowing, choking, or constricting the throat. It also refers to the throat itself or the specific area where swallowing occurs.

Derived headwords

زَرَدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To cause food or drink to pass down the throat into the stomach.

  2. 2.
    to chokeboth

    To obstruct the passage of the throat, causing difficulty in breathing or swallowing.

  3. 3.
    to constrict the throatclassical

    To squeeze or tighten the throat.

الزَّرْدَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    throatclassical

    The part of the neck between the mouth and the stomach; the gullet.

  2. 2.
    swallowing placeclassical

    The specific location in the throat where swallowing takes place.

الزَّرْدَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Adam's appleclassical

    The prominence in the neck caused by the projection of the thyroid cartilage; the glottis.

Parallel reading

خَنَقَهُ
He choked him.
عَصَرَ حَلْقَهُ
He squeezed his throat.
ابْتَلَعَهُ
He swallowed it.
الزَّرْدَمَةُ: الغُلْصُمَةُ
The zardamah: the glottis.
مَوْضِعُ الِابْتِلَاعِ
The place of swallowing.