زلمة

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South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /za.la.me/, [ˈza.la.me]
  • Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

Noun[edit]

زلمة (zalamem (plural زلام (zlām))

  1. man, guy, dude
    Synonyms: رجّال (rijjāl), (formal) رجل (rajol)