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*ḫrm - to have a notch, cut in the skin (nose, ear, lip)
(SED I No. 30v)
Likely to be connected with Sem. *ḫrm ‘to cut, split, divide’ (cf. CDG 264, HALOT 354).
Words
Hebrew
ḥārūm
- with a slit nose
(HALOT 354)
Arabic
ḫarmāˀ-
- oreille percée (pierced ear)
(BK 1 565)
Arabic
ḫrm
- cut off; slit the partition between the nostrils;
(BK 1 565, Lane 730)
a-vowel
Arabic
ḫrm
- to have the partition between his nostrils cut, or mutilated
(BK 1 565, Lane 730)
i-vowel
Arabic
ˀaḫram-
- having the nose mutilated; having the ear perforated, when it is not slit
(BK 1 565, Lane 731)
Mehri
ḫǝrmīt
- notch, cut in the skin; hare-lip or comparable physical formation
(ML 447)
Jibbali
ḫarmét
- hare-lip; notch in the ear, nose, eyelid, etc.
(JL 305)