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ż-m-l
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Żiemel

Etymology

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From Arabic زَامِل (zāmil, horse or wild ass), related to زَامِلَة (zāmila, (she-)camel used to carrying something).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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żiemel m (plural żwiemel, feminine debba, diminutive żwejmel)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight
  3. (billiards) rest
  4. horsepower
  5. strumpet, trollop
  6. (euphemistic) cancer

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Maltese · bċejjeċ taċ-ċess (layout · text)
           
re reġina torri isqof żiemel pjun, pedina, petun

References

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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