tirma

English

Etymology

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Noun

tirma (plural tirmas)

1. (Scotland, dialect, Hebrides) A bird, the oystercatcher.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tirma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Mitra, amrit, matri-, mitra, timar

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Maltese

Etymology

Compare to Moroccan Arabic ترمَة (tarma). The term possibly traces back to an old dialect word "ṯulma", meaning breach, hole, gap. Possibly related to dialectal Maltese طِيز.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪrmɐ/

Noun

1. (anatomy) anus, rectum
2. (anatomy, vulgar) backside, ass, arse, buttocks
3. (vulgar) asshole

Related terms

• sorm
• toqba tas-sorm
• rektum