algema

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic الجَامِعَة (al-jāmiʕa, “a shackle of iron, collecting together the two hands to the neck”), from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, “to collect”).

Noun

algema f (plural algemas)

1. handcuffs, manacles, shackles

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جَامِعٌ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غُلٌّ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate