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”).

Noun

algema f (plural algemas)

handcuffs, manacles, shackles

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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