خرطوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ر ط م (ḵ-r-ṭ-m). Compare Hebrew חַרְטוֹם (ḥarṭōm).

Noun

خُرْطُوم • (ḵurṭūm) m (plural خَرَاطِيم (ḵarāṭīm))

  1. trunk (of an elephant), snout, muzzle, nose
  2. ugly face
  3. sucking pipe of a pump or similar
  4. spout, nozzle
  5. hose

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “خرطوم”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 164–165
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خرطوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 724
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خرطوم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 320
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خرطوم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 330

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm).

Noun

خرطوم • (hurtum or hortum)

  1. nose, snout, proboscis
  2. hose

Descendants

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hortum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خرطوم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 840
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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