زلعوم

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From a variant of Arabic بُلْعُوم (bulʕūm, “pharynx, esophagus”), with زَلِعَ (zaliʕa) being a variant or synonym of بَلِعَ (baliʕa, “to swallow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zalʕuːm/

Noun

زلعوم • (zalʕūm) m (plural زلاعيم (zlāʕīm, zalaʕīm))

  1. throat
    Alternative form: زلاعيم (zlāʕīm, zalaʕīm)
    Synonym: حنجرة (ḥinjra)
    زلعومي عم يوجعني مش رح إتعشى
    zalʕūmi ʕam yūjaʕni miš raḥ ʔitʕašša
    My throat hurts, I'm not going to have dinner
    علق الأكل بزلعومي وغصيت
    ʕiliʔ l-ʔakl b zalʕūmi w ḡaṣṣēt
    The food got stuck in my throat and I choked
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