ز • ر • د • م

, (S, K,) inf. n. زَرْدَمَةٌ, (TA,) He squeezed his throat: (S, K:) or he throttled him; or strangled him: (K:) as also زَرْدَبَهُ. (TA.) And He swallowed it. (K.)

inf. n. of the verb above. (TA.) -A2- Also The place of swallowing: (S, K:) or the غَلْصَمَة [or epiglottis]: (K:) or, as some say, it is [the part] beneath the حُلْقُوم [or windpipe: or, app., the part beneath the head of the حلقوم]: and in it, or upon it, is set the tongue: some say that the word is Pers. [in origin; app. holding it to be arabicized from the Pers. زَرْدَمَنْ, which signifies the “ windpipe ”]. (TA.)