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خ ش ر م

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to groups of insects, particularly bees and wasps, and their dwellings. It also extends to describe geological formations like soft stones and rocky terrain, as well as specific anatomical parts of the head and sounds.

Derived headwords

الخَشْرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    swarm of bees/waspsclassical

    A large group or swarm of bees and wasps. It is noted that there is no singular form derived directly from this word.

  2. 2.
    leader of beesclassical

    The term can refer to the leader or prince of the bees.

  3. 3.
    bee/wasp dwellingclassical

    The place where bees or wasps live, their hive or nest, may be called Khashram.

خَشْرَمnoun
  1. 1.
    soft stonesclassical

    Refers to soft stones from which gypsum is made.

  2. 2.
    rocky terrainclassical

    Describes rocky ground or terrain.

خَشْرَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rocky moundclassical

    A mound or pile of stones, often flat and spread out, which may allow vegetation to grow beneath.

  2. 2.
    rocky plateauclassical

    A rocky plateau or elevated area characterized by loose stones.

خَشَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    lower part of a mountainclassical

    The lower, elevated, and somewhat rough part of a mountain.

الخَشَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    thin parts of nasal cartilageclassical

    The thin parts of the cartilage in the nasal passage, from the nostril up to the bridge of the nose.

خَشَارِمnoun
  1. 1.
    soundsclassical

    Refers to sounds, though this usage is noted as potentially a transcription error for 'خشام'.

  2. 2.
    thick nosesclassical

    Refers to thick or broad noses, also noted as potentially a transcription error.

خَشْرَمِيّname
  1. 1.
    person from Medinaclassical

    A nisba (attribution) indicating someone from Medina.

  2. 2.
    person from Baghdadclassical

    A nisba indicating someone from Baghdad.

خَشْرَمَتverb
  1. 1.
    to make a sound while eatingclassical

    Describes the sound a hyena makes while eating.

Parallel reading

وكأنها خلف الطريدة ... خشرم متبدد
And they were like a scattered swarm behind the prey.
يقال لجماعة النحل: الثول والخشرم.
A group of bees is called 'al-thawl' and 'al-khashram'.
من أسماء النحل الخشرم، واحدته بهاء.
Among the names for bees is 'al-khashram', its singular is 'bahaa'.
وربما سمي بيت الزنابير خشرما
And sometimes the wasps' nest is called 'khashram'.
حتى لو سلكوا خشرم دبر لسلكتموه
Even if they entered a hyena's den, you would enter it.
يأوي إلى عظم الغريف ونبله ... كسوام دبر الخشرم المتثور
It shelters by the bone of the cave and its stones... like a swarm from a hyena's den.
ومسكا من خشرم ومدرا
And musk from soft stones and mud.
الخشرم والخشرمة: قف حجارته رضراض
Al-khashram and al-khashramah: a plateau whose stones are loose rubble.
الخشرمة: أرض حجارتها رضراض، كأنها نثرت على وجه الأرض نثرا
Al-khashramah: land whose stones are loose rubble, as if scattered across the face of the earth.
وإذا كانت الخشرمة مستوية مع الأرض فهي القفاف
And if the khashramah is level with the ground, it is called 'al-qifaf'.
الخشارم: ما سفل من الجبل، وهو قف وغلظ
Al-khasharim: what is low of the mountain, it is a plateau and rough.
من الرأس: ما رق من الغراضيف التي في الخيشوم
From the head: the thin parts of the cartilage that are in the nasal passage.
خشرمت الضبع: صوتت في أكلها
The hyena 'khashramat': it made a sound in its eating.