kımıl

See also: kimil

Turkish

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of Ottoman Turkish قمل (kaml, “lice”), from Arabic قَمْل (qaml, “lice”).

Noun

kımıl (definite accusative kımılı, plural kımıllar)

  1. the stink bug Aelia rostrata

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kımıl2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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