دُمَّلٌ دمل (T, S, M, Msb, K) and ↓ دُمَلٌ (S, M, K) A kind of purulent pustule, or imposthume; (T, S;) i. q. خُرَاجٌ; (M, K;) well known: (Msb:) [said to be] an appellation applied as ominating good, (M, O,) like مَفَازَةٌ applied to a place of destruction; (O;) or because it tends to healing: (T:) said by IF to be Arabic: (Msb:) by As said to be used in Arabic: (T:) [app. of Pers. origin:] in Pers. دُنْبَلٌ, and بُنَاوَرٌ: (MA:) [now vulgarly pronounced دِمَّلٌ and دِمِّل: and applied to any pimple or pustule, and to a boil: see حِبْنٌ:] the pl. (of دُمَّلٌ, T, S) is دَمَامِيلُ, (T, S, M, K,) which is anomalous, (M,) or دَمَامِلُ [agreeably with analogy]. (Msb.)
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