tirma

English

Etymology

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Noun

tirma (plural tirmas)

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tirma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Maltese

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/

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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