ببوش

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *babosu. Attested marginally in Tunisian Berber ababbuc, there is no reason to suppose that Berber played a role in its transmission[1]. Compare Maltese bebbux, Kabyle ababbuc and Sicilian babbaluci.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bab.buːʃ/

Noun

ببوش • (babbūš) m (collective, singulative ببوشة f (babbūša), paucal ببوشات (babbūšāt))

  1. snails
    Synonyms: حلزون (ḥalazūn), غلالة (ḡlāla)

References

  1. ^ Souag, Lameen (2018), “Berber Etymologies in Maltese”, in International Journal of Arabic Linguistics, volume 4, number 1, pages 190–223
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