حَدَقَةٌ

(S, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ حُنْدُوقَةُ and ↓ حِنْدِيقَةٌ, (K,) but IDrd doubts the correctness of this, (TA,) The black of the eye; (IDrd, Msb, K;) i. e. the round part in the middle of the eye; (TA;) the greater black of the eye; (S, TA;) the smaller being the نَاظِر [or pupil], in which is what is termed إِنْسَانُ العَيْنِ, for it is like a mirror, in which one facing it sees his figure; (TA;) [the part, of the eye, that is surrounded by the white; the iris, together with the whole of the anterior chamber of the eye;] what is in the middle of the white of the eye: (Zj in his “Khalk el-Insán:”) or, as some say, externally, the black of the eye; and internally, its خَرَزَة [or lens]: (TA:) [and sometimes the eye, absolutely; as, for instance, in a phrase mentioned voce ذَابَ, in article ذوب:] plural ↓ حَدَقٌ, (S, Msb, K) [or rather this is a coll. gen. n.,] and [the plural is] أَحْدَاقٌ [a plural of pauc.] (K) and حَدَقَاتٌ (Msb) and حِدَاقٌ; (S, Msb, K;) which last is applied by Aboo-Dhu-eyb to the حَدَقَة together with what surrounds it. (TA.) [Hence,] ↓ تَكَلَّمْتُ عَلَى حَدَقِ القَوْمِ I spoke while the people, or party, looked at me. (TA.) And ↓ رُمَاةُ الحَدَقِ Those who hit the mark in throwing or shooting. (TA.) And نَزَلُوا فِى مِثْلِ حَدَقَةِ البَعِيرِ (tropical:) They alighted, or alighted and abode, in a tract abounding with herbage; likened to the حدقة of the camel because this is plentifully supplied with moisture. (TA from a tradition)