زلمكة

Egyptian Arabic

زَلَمُكّة

Alternative forms

• زَلَمُوكَة (zalamūka)

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