tirma

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Etymology

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Noun

tirma (plural tirmas)

  1. (obsolete, Scotland, dialect, Hebrides) A bird, the oystercatcher.

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Etymology

Compare to Moroccan Arabic ترمة (tarma, “ass, buttocks”) and Tunisian Arabic ترمة (tirma, “ass, buttocks”). The term possibly traces back to an old dialect word "ṯulma", meaning breach, hole, gap.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪr.ma/
  • Audio (Gozo):(file)

Noun

tirma f (plural triemi)

  1. (anatomy) anus, rectum
  2. (anatomy, vulgar) backside, ass, arse, buttocks
  3. (vulgar) asshole

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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