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See also: Tirma
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
tirma (plural tirmas)
- (obsolete, Scotland, dialect, Hebrides) A bird, the oystercatcher.
References[edit]
- “tirma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
tirma f (plural triemi)