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نحر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the throat and chest area, specifically the front of the neck and chest where a necklace would lie. It also extends to the act of slaughtering an animal, particularly a camel, at the throat.

Derived headwords

النَّحْرnoun
  1. 1.
    the place of the necklace on the chestboth

    the place of the necklace on the chest

المَنْحَرnoun
  1. 1.
    the place of the necklace on the chestboth

    the place of the necklace on the chest

  2. 2.
    the place of slaughtering the sacrificial animal and othersboth

    the place of slaughtering the sacrificial animal and others

Parallel reading

النحر: موضع القلادة من الصدر، وهو المنحر.
The neck/chest area: the place of the necklace on the chest, and it is the slaughtering place.
والمنحر أيضا: الموضع الذى ي
And the slaughtering place also: the place where...