timsaa

Juba Arabic

Timsaa

Etymology

From Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ), from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah), from Egyptian mzḥ (“crocodile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /timˈsa/, [tɪmˈsa]

Noun

timsaa

1. crocodile

References

• Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎^[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 177