kımıl

See also: kimil

Turkish

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of Ottoman Turkish قمل (kaml, “lice”), from Arabic قَمْل (qaml, “lice”).

Noun

kımıl (definite accusative kımılı, plural kımıllar)

  1. the stinkbug Aelia rostrata

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kımıl2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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