Quranic root
خرطم
kh · r · ṭ · m
The supplied lexical evidence centers on a projecting nose or snout, with extensions to other pointed or foremost things and to figurative raised-nose pride.
The concrete image of a projecting front part extends to spouts, pointed ends, and the foremost members of a group; related expressions describe anger or pride through a raised or twisted nose. The separately attested wine sense is not part of this development.
- Lane · entry 18841
- Lane · entry 18838
- Lane · entry 18840
- Lane · entry 18843
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
خُرْطُومٌ
khurṭūmun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The nose or snout, the projecting front part of the face or mouth.
In the Quranic occurrence, the word refers to a person's nose within a figurative branding scene; the basic bodily reference is the nose or snout.
- Lane · entry 18841
Selected Quran examples
Quran 68:16word 3
“the snout”
In the Quranic expression “to brand him upon the nose,” to mark someone with lasting disgrace or public stigma.
A Quranic construction in 68:16. The image may be rendered as branding the face, while other interpretations emphasize the resulting indelible disgrace.
- Lane · entry 18841
Selected Quran examples
Quran 68:16word 3
“the snout”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 68:16ٱلْخُرْطُومِthe snout
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 11 Classical meanings
خَرْطَمَ
To strike or hit the nose or snout; also, to twist it.
A Form I verb with an attached object in the cited example.
- Lane · entry 18837
اِخْرَنْطَمَ
To raise the nose or head in anger or pride; to twist the nose, become silent in anger, and show an angry, proud bearing.
A derived verbal expression describing an angry or proud posture and its associated behavior.
- Lane · entry 18838
خُرْطُمَانٌ
Long or tall; long-nosed; also, a person having a large nose.
An adjectival or descriptive noun usage.
- Lane · entry 18840
خُرْطُومٌ
The trunk or proboscis of an elephant; by resemblance, the corresponding projecting part of a flea.
A classical specialization distinct from the Quranic human-nose use.
- Lane · entry 18841
خُرْطُومٌ
A spout of a vessel.
A figurative extension from the projecting form of a nose or snout.
- Lane · entry 18841
خُرْطُومٌ
The pointed front or tip of something, especially the pointed toe of a boot or the point of a sword.
Extended uses for a projecting pointed part; ذُو الخُرْطُومِ is also recorded as the name of a particular sword.
- Lane · entry 18841
خَرَاطِيمُ القَوْمِ
The chiefs or foremost members of a people, party, or military force.
A figurative plural expression based on the idea of being foremost.
- Lane · entry 18841
خُرْطُومٌ
Wine, especially wine that quickly intoxicates; also the first juice flowing from grapes before they are trodden.
A separately attested classical noun sense.
- Lane · entry 18841
خُرَاطِمٌ
A woman advanced in age.
A lexicalized descriptive noun usage.
- Lane · entry 18842
مُخَرْطَمٌ
Elongated like a snout or nose; specifically, of boots, having pointed foreparts.
A derived adjectival usage applied especially to pointed footwear.
- Lane · entry 18843
مُخْرَنْطِمٌ
Angry and proud, with the head raised; also angry with the nose twisted.
A descriptive participial usage for an angry, proud bearing.
- Lane · entry 18844
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Maqāyīs or Mufradāt entry was supplied; the root-level orientation is therefore based on the supplied Lane lexical evidence.
The Quranic passage has nose, face, and lasting-disgrace interpretations; these are retained through the physical and constructional Quranic senses rather than treated as unrelated glosses.