tirma
See also: Tirma
English
Etymology
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Noun
tirma (plural tirmas)
- (obsolete, Scotland, dialect, Hebrides) A bird, the oystercatcher.
References
- “tirma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Maltese
Etymology
Compare to Moroccan Arabic ترمة (tarma, “ass, buttocks”) and Tunisian Arabic ترمة (tirma, “ass, buttocks”). The term possibly traces back to an old dialect word "ṯulma", meaning breach, hole, gap.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪr.ma/
Audio (Gozo): (file)
Noun
tirma f (plural triemi)
Related terms
References
- ^ Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN