زلمكة
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Egyptian Arabic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- زَلَمُوكَة (zalamūka)
Etymology[edit]
Repatterned from زَمُكَّة (zamukka), زُمُوكَة (zamūka, “fundament of a bird”), ultimately an endlessly distorted word for a big batty found in Moroccan Arabic as زك (zukk, “arse”) and Yemeni Arabic زَبَان (zabān, “loins, abdomen”) and even Ge'ez ዘባን (zäban, “back”).
Noun[edit]
زَلَمُكَّة • (zalamukka) f
- the tewel of a chicken or other fowl, parson's nose
- (slang) one of the 1984–95 models of a Mercedes-Benz