شرموطة

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From شَرْمَطَ (šarmaṭa, to shred). Most Semitists agree that it is of non-Semitic origin; perhaps from Middle Persian (clm /⁠čarm⁠/, a piece of skin, hide, or leather) (see Persian چرم (čarm)), perhaps conflated with Middle Persian (šlm /⁠šarm⁠/, shame). Compare Hebrew סְמַרְטוּט (s'martút, rag), Aramaic מַרְטוּטָא (marṭūṭā), סְמַרְטוּטָא (səmarṭūṭā, coarse garment).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَرْمُوطَة (šarmūṭaf (plural شَرَامِيط (šarāmīṭ))

  1. (now widely avoided) rag, shred, tatter
    Synonyms: خَلَق (ḵalaq), خِرْقَة (ḵirqa), رُقْعَة (ruqʕa), كُهْنَة (kuhna)
  2. (figurative, cooking, now widely avoided) cuttings, strips, shreds of a victual
    • 1850, محمد بن عمر التونسي , edited by Humphrey Davies, تشحيذ الأذهان بسيرة بلاد العرب والسودان [In Darfur. An Account of the Sultanate and Its People] (Library of Arabic Literature; 15), volume II, New York: NYU Press, published 2018, →ISBN, 3.3.31, page 184:
      فيعملون اللحم قديدًا وهو المسمّى عندهم بالشراميط لأنّهم يشرمطونه أي يقطعونه سيورًا ويأكلون منه طريًّا.
      They make the meat into jerky, which they call “shreds” because they shred it, meaning they cut it into strips. Some of it they also eat undried.
  3. (vulgar) whore, slut
    Synonyms: عَاهِرَة (ʕāhira), قَحْبَة (qaḥba)

Declension

Descendants

  • Hebrew: שרמוטה (sharmúta)
  • Italian: sciarmutta