żiemel
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic زَامِل (zāmil, “horse or wild ass”), related to زَامِلَة (zāmila, “(she-)camel used to carry something”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]żiemel m (plural żwiemel, feminine debba, diminutive żwejmel)
- horse
- laħam taż-żiemel ― horsemeat
- 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)
- (chess) knight
- (billiards) rest
- horsepower
- strumpet, trollop
- (euphemistic) cancer
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]| Chess pieces in Maltese · Bċejjeċ taċ-ċess (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| re | reġina | torri | isqof | żiemel | pjun, pedina, petun |
References
[edit]Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root ż-m-l
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪːmɛl
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪːmɛl/2 syllables
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese terms with collocations
- Maltese terms with quotations
- mt:Chess
- mt:Billiards
- Maltese euphemisms
- mt:Animals
- mt:Foods
- mt:Meats
- mt:Equids
- mt:Horses
- mt:People
- mt:Units of measure
