جحموم

Algerian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic يَحْمُوم (yaḥmūm, “soot-black”). The unusual change in the first consonant mirrors جربوع (jəṛbuʕ, “gerbil”) (from Arabic يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ)).

Noun edit

جحموم (jəḥmum) m.

blackbird

Descendants edit

→ Kabyle: ajeḥmum

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