algema
Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic الجَامِعَة (al-jāmiʿa, “a shackle of iron, collecting together the two hands to the neck”), from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʿa, “to collect”).
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “جَامِعٌ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “غُلٌّ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
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