دبوس

(Inglés)

  1. pin
  2. peg, plug, rod, cudgel, any oblong instrument driven into or onto something
  3. (figuratively) penis
  4. iron mace
  5. (regional) government informant

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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/dab.buːs/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

A pre-Mamluk Turkic borrowing, from a cognate of Ottoman Turkish طوپوز (topuz, “iron mace”). The name of a pin may have additional connection to the root د ب ب (d b b) related to crawling, pushing in, compare also دَرْبَسَ (darbasa, “to shut”), and possibly, too, the name stuck owing to دِبْس (dibs, “molasses”).

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