algema

Meaning

algemar

to handcuff (apply handcuffs)

handlock

Algemas

χειροπέδη

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/awˈʒẽ.mɐ/

Borrowed from Arabic

جامعة

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic الجَامِعَة (al-jāmiʕa, “a shackle of iron, collecting together the two hands to the neck”), from the active participle of جَمَعَ (jamaʕa, “to collect”).

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