مَخْزُومٌ
Root: خزم
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مَخْزُومٌ
Anything pierced or perforated: applied in this sense, or as meaning pierced and tied, to the [thong, of a sandal, called] شِرَاك; or, thus applied, it means cut. See also 1, first sentence, for its meaning as applied to a letter.
2 Any animal having the nose pierced. And إِبِلٌ means Camels having rings such as are termed خَزَائِم (pl. of خِزَامَة) in their nostrils; as also . All birds, also, are said to be مَخْزُومَة, and ; because perforated in the partition between the nostrils: and particularly the ostrich is said to be مَخْزُوم and . One says, مَاهُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَامِ , meaning
2 Any animal having the nose pierced. And إِبِلٌ means Camels having rings such as are termed خَزَائِم (pl. of خِزَامَة) in their nostrils; as also . All birds, also, are said to be مَخْزُومَة, and ; because perforated in the partition between the nostrils: and particularly the ostrich is said to be مَخْزُوم and . One says, مَاهُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَامِ , meaning
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