زَرْدَمَةٌ
1.
verbal noun of the verb above. (TA.)
2.
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, apparently, 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; apparently holding it to be arabicized from the Pers. زَرْدَمَنْ, which signifies the “ windpipe ”]. (TA.)