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żiemel

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Root
ż-m-l
6 terms
Żiemel

Etymology

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From Arabic زَامِل (zāmil, horse or wild ass), related to زَامِلَة (zāmila, (she-)camel used to carry something).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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żiemel m (plural żwiemel, feminine debba, diminutive żwejmel)

  1. horse
    laħam taż-żiemelhorsemeat
    • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
      Niftakar
      tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
      u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
      taż-żahar il-fwieħa
      u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
      u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
      u l-mantar bajdani
      jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
      tal-korsija:
      id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
      il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (chess) knight
  3. (billiards) rest
  4. horsepower
  5. strumpet, trollop
  6. (euphemistic) cancer

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Maltese · Bċejjeċ taċ-ċess (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
re reġina torri isqof żiemel pjun, pedina, petun

References

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  1. ^ Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2010), Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN