Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَمَامَةٌ

Root: حم

Full Definition

حَمَامَةٌ n. un. of حَمَامٌ [q. v.].
2 [Hence, app.,] A woman: or a beautiful woman.

def.2 The middle of the breast or chest. The قَصّ [or breast, or head of the breast, or pit at the head of the breast, or middle of the breast, or the sternum,] of a horse. The callous protuberance upon the breast of a camel.
2 The sheave of the pulley of a bucket.
3 The ring of a door.
4 The clean court of a قَصْر [or palace, &c.].

def.3 See also the next paragraph.


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