حنك

Meaning

Noun

1. palate, palatum durum
2. jaw
3. lampas in a horse

Verb

1. to put to the palate
2. to attain experience, to become trained, to gain discipline
3. to comprehend, to conceive

Verb

1. to attain experience, to become trained, to gain discipline
2. to make attain experience, to train, to discipline, to accustom
3. to rub the palate
4. to bind about the jaw
5. to draw blood from below the jaw (of a horse)

Concepts

palate

jaw

experience

sophisticate

make experienced

make world-wise

prudence

Synonyms

فكّ

Translations

palatum

palais

paladar

palato

paladar

gehemelte

verhemelte

Gaumen

palato

ουρανίσκος

māla

kaak

maxila

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew חֵךְ (ḥēḵ), Aramaic חִכָּא / ܚܸܟܿܵܐ (ḥekkā, “palate”). See the root ح ن ك (ḥ n k) for explanation how further meanings of this root are related to the mouthpart idea.