خَرَمَةٌ
Root: خرم
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خَرَمَةٌ
The place of perforation of the ear: or the place of slitting, of the nose, in the partition between the nostrils [and in either of the alœ, as appears from what here follows]. It is said in a trad., فِى الخَرَمَاتِ الثَّلَاثِ
مِنَ الأَنْف الدِّيَةُ, by الخرمات being app. meant
, i. e. [In the case of the mutilation of] the two alœ and the partition between the nostrils [the blood-wit, or fine for homicide, shall be paid].
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