زلمكة

Egyptian Arabic

زَلَمُكّة

Alternative forms

Etymology

Repatterned from زَمُكَّة (zamukka), زُمُوكَة (zamūka, fundament of a bird), ultimately an endlessly distorted word for a big batty found in Moroccan Arabic as زك (zukk, arse) and Yemeni Arabic زَبَان (zabān, loins, abdomen) and even Ge'ez ዘባን (zäban, back).

Noun

زَلَمُكَّة • (zalamukka) f

  1. the tewel of a chicken or other fowl, parson's nose
  2. (slang) one of the 1984–95 models of a Mercedes-Benz
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