زلمكة

Egyptian Arabic
⁧زَلَمُكّة⁩

Alternative forms

Etymology

Repatterned from ⁧زَمُكَّة⁩ (zamukka), ⁧زُمُوكَة⁩ (zamūka, “fundament of a bird”), ultimately an endlessly distorted word for a big batty found in Moroccan Arabic as ⁧زك⁩ (zukk, “arse”) and Yemeni Arabic ⁧زَبَان⁩ (zabān, “loins, abdomen”) and even Ge'ez ዘባን (zäban, “back”).

Noun

⁧زَلَمُكَّة⁩ • (zalamukka) f

  1. the tewel of a chicken or other fowl, parson's nose
  2. (slang) one of the 1984–95 models of a Mercedes-Benz
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