مومس

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root و م س (w-m-s) meaning "to rub or polish with a rag", likening them to a dirty, filthy, used-up rag; parallel semantic development is found in the word شرموطة.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muː.mis/

Noun

مُومِس (mūmis) f (plural مُومِسات (mūmisāt))

  1. (derogatory) wench, hooker, tramp

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), مومس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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