جزمة

See also: چزمه‎, حرمة‎, چرمه‎, and حزمة‎

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چزمه‎ (çizme, “boot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡæzmæ]

Noun

جزمة • (gázma) f (plural جزم‎ (gízam) or جزمات‎ (gazmā́t))

  1. shoes (a pair)
    ‏انا عملت فى حياتى كل حاجة غلط ممكن تتخيلها الا انى ادوس على جزمة بيضة بتاعة واحد صاحبى.‎‎
    ána ʿamáltⁱ fi ḥayā́ti kullⁱ ḥā́ga ḡálaṭ múmkin titḵayyálha lla nn adū́s ʿála gázma bḗḍa bitā́ʿit wā́ḥid ṣáḥbi
    I have done every wrong thing in my life you could imagine, except for stepping on a friend's white shoes.
  2. (vulgar) associated with uncleanliness and impurity
    ‏دا ابن كلب عايز الضرب بستين جزمة‎‎
    da bnⁱ kalbⁱ ʿayz iḍ-ḍarbⁱ b-sittī́n gázma.
    He is a son of a bitch and needs to be beaten with sixty shoes.
  3. (obsolete) boots (a pair)

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References

  • Spiro, Socrates (1895), “جزمة”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چزمه‎ (çizme, “boot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒazma/

Noun

جزمة • (jazma) f (plural جزم‎ (jizam) or جزمات‎ (jazmāt))

  1. shoe
    Synonyms: (archaic) كندرة‎ (kundara), (archaic) صرمة‎ (ṣarma)
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