حمحم

العربية

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حمحم¹

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeic.

verb حَمْحَمَ · ḥamḥama · يُحَمْحِمُ · حَمْحَمَة · مُحَمْحِم

  1. to whinny, to snicker

حمحم²

Where it comes from

From the root ح م م (ḥ m m) meaning “to become hot”, “to be heated”, “to be boiling or steaming”, “to have a fever”, “a bathhouse or sauna”; related to its other title أَبُو مِن العَرَق (ʔabū min al-ʕaraq, literally “father of sweat”) for the common use of its leaves by Arab physicians in dia­phoretic medi­cines.

noun حِمْحِم · ḥimḥim · الْحِمْحِم · حِمْحِمٌ

  1. borage (any plant in Borago gen., especially Borago officinalis, and the genus itself)
  2. anchusa (any plant in Anchusa gen.)
  3. echium (any plant in Echium gen.)

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"حمحم." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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حمحم. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85

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"حمحم." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حمحم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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