נְחִירָא, ch.same, nostril. Targ. Job XXXIX, 20; a. e.—Gitt. 69ᵃ לדמא דאתי מנ׳ for bleeding from the nose. Snh. 67ᵇ נפיץ ושרי … מנְחִירֵיה blew his nose and threw bands of silk out of his nose (Rashi: מנְחִירָיו, v. preced.); a. fr.—Pl. נְחִירִין, נְחִירֵי. Targ. Ps. CXV, 6; a. e.—Y. Yeb. XVI, beg. 15ᶜ יהבין … על נְחִירֵיהוֹן put plasters on their noses (to disguise themselves); Y. Sot. IX, 23ᶜ bot.; v. סִיפְלָנִי.