tirma
See also: Tirma
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
tirma (plural tirmas)
- (obsolete, Scotland, dialect, Hebrides) A bird, the oystercatcher.
References edit
- “tirma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Maltese edit
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
Noun edit
tirma f (plural triemi)