زلمة

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Aramaic [Term?]; cfr. Western Neo-Aramaic ܙܰܠܡܬ݂ܰܐ / زَلمثَا (zaləmṯā), with the same meaning. Alternatively from Arabic زَلَمَة (zalama, “[figure of the] human body”), from زَلَمَ (zalama, “to cut off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.la.me/, [ˈza.la.me]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

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Noun

زلمة • (zalame) m (plural زلام (zlām))

1. man, guy, dude

   Synonyms: رجّال (rijjāl), (formal) رجل (rajol)

Descendants

• → Northern Kurdish: zilam