قرجومة

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language. Compare Maltese gerżuma (“throat”) and Moroccan Arabic قرجوطة (qarjūṭa, “larynx”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑrʒuːma/

Noun

قرجومة (garjūma) f (plural قراجيم (grājīm))

  1. (anatomy) larynx
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