طمباخية
Gulf Arabic
Pronunciation
- (Kuwait) IPA(key): /tˤɪmˈbɑːˌχiːj(j)ə/
- Rhymes: -jə
Noun
طِمْبَاخِيَّة (ṭimbāḵīya) f (plural طِمْبَاخِيَّات (ṭimbāḵīyāt))
- (old-fashioned) a ball, such as ones used in sports and entertainment.
- 2019 May 31, عدنان العثمان (3ədnan il-3ɛθman), “«الطمباخية»”, in Alqabas Daily (Kuwait):
- "لعبت كرة مع الأحفاد وناديت «عطوني الطمباخية»، ضحكوا عليّ، على بالهم ان جدهم قط بدلية."
- “laʿabt kura maʿa lʾaḥfād wa nādēt «ʿaṭūni ʾilṭimbāḵīya», ẓiḥkaw ʿalēyy, ʿala bālhum ʿinna yadhum gaṭ badlīya.”
- I was playing [foot]ball with the grandchildren and I called "give me the ball", they laughed at me, thinking that their grandfather made a mispronunciation.”
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- a ball-shaped piece of furniture, such as a bean bag chair or a balance ball.