Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Tool noun from the root ح ج م (ḥ-j-m).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مِحْجَم (miḥjamm (plural مَحَاجِم (maḥājim))

  1. cupping jar
    • c. 1000, أبو القاسم [Abulcasis], edited by Johannes Channing, كتاب التصريف [De chirurgia], volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1778, page 244:
    • c. 1000, أبو القاسم [Abulcasis], edited by Johannes Channing, كتاب التصريف [De chirurgia], volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1778, page 490:

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