khammès

French

Alternative forms

  • khammas

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَمَّاس (ḵammās, from خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, “five”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.mɛs/

Noun

khammès m (uncountable)

  1. a sharecropper, in the Mahgreb, who retained a fifth of the produce

Further reading

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