camel

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See also camèl, and camęl

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English [edit]

A camel (Camelus bactrianus)
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Etymology [edit]

Middle English, via Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kamēlos), from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جمل (jamal) and Hebrew גמל (gamál).

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camel (plural camels)

  1. A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
  2. A light brownish color, tan.
  3. Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of a another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.

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  • (mammal): oont (India)

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Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin camēlus

Noun [edit]

camel m (oblique plural camelz, nominative singular camelz, nominative plural camel)

  1. camel

Tocharian B [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Compare Tocharian A cmol.

Noun [edit]

camel

  1. birth