zill

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish زل (zil).[1]

Noun[edit]

zill (plural zills)

  1. One of a set of small finger cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "zill." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.

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Pronoun[edit]

zill

  1. Alternative form of zil
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      zin, zey, zill (amezil), zitch
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 134
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