tirma

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Noun[edit]

tirma (plural tirmas)

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

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tirma f (plural triemi)

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

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  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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