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الزلقوم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to the throat or gullet. It encompasses the anatomical passage for food and air, and by extension, can metaphorically refer to the act of swallowing or the passage itself.

Derived headwords

الزَّلْقُومnoun
  1. 1.
    Throatboth

    The passage in the neck of a vertebrate that leads from the mouth and nasal passages to the esophagus and larynx and through which food and air pass.

  2. 2.
    Gulletboth

    The passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the esophagus.

الزَّلْقُومnoun
  1. 1.
    Pharynxclassical

    The part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, and above the esophagus and larynx – a part of both the respiratory and digestive systems.

Parallel reading

الزلقوم: الحلقوم.
The zalgūm: the throat.