żiemel

Maltese
Root
ż-m-l
6 terms
Żiemel

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪː.mɛl/

Noun

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

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight
  3. (billiards) rest
  4. horsepower
  5. strumpet, trollop
  6. (euphemistic) cancer

Derived terms

See also
Chess pieces in Maltese · bċejjeċ taċ-ċess (layout · text)
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re reġina torri isqof żiemel pjun, pedina, petun

References
  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
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