جحموم
Algerian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic يَحْمُوم (yaḥmūm, “soot-black”). The unusual change in the first consonant mirrors جربوع (jəṛbuʕ, “gerbil”) (from Arabic يَرْبُوع (yarbūʿ)).
Noun
جحموم (jəḥmum) m.
- blackbird
Descendants
- → Kabyle: ajeḥmum