زلمكة

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Egyptian Arabic

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زَلَمُكّة

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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زَلَمُكَّة (zalamukkaf

  1. the tewel of a chicken or other fowl, parson's nose
  2. (slang) one of the 1984–95 models of a Mercedes-Benz