حَنَكٌ
Root: حنك
Full Definition
حَنَكٌ
The part beneath the chin [and lower jaw], of a man &c.: or [the palate, or soft palate;] the interior of the upper part of the inside of the mouth, of a man and of a beast: and the lower part, from the extremity of the fore part of the two jaws, below these: or the roof of the upper part of the mouth, from which depends the
لَهَاة [or uvula]: and also applied to the two jaws: or, accord. to IAar, the حَنَك is the lower part of the mouth, [beneath the lower jaw,] and the فقم is the upper part: and the حَنَكَانِ are the upper and the lower: but حَنَكٌ is scarcely ever applied to the upper alone: [this art., however, shows instances in which it is thus applied:] it is masc.: pl. أَحْنَاكٌ, which is its only pl. form. Sometimes, [as is often the case in modern Arabic,] The mouth is meant thereby. And The beak: حَنَكُ الغُرَابَ signifying the beak of the crow, or raven: or the blackness thereof: or the blackness of its feathers: [whence the saying,] أَسْوَدُ مِثْلُ حَنَكِ الغُرَابِ, or مِنْ حَنَكِ
الغُرَابِ; respecting which see حَلَكٌ.
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