n. (m.)

éṭḥef gáḥi óˀoz ˁaf ʕamḳ di-ḥalf kádaḥ ˁes ˁaf bóˀor mes ṭáľfe wa-ˀal-ˁérobk di-mhɔn wa-ˁéyyek leṣtát mes ˁalm éntaˁk tos id bɛr kor éṣtet mes ˁalm ‘The wadi swept a goat and midway along threw dirt upon it so that only one of its legs were visible, and I could not recognize whose it was, and I dragged it to the open place to look at its mark.’ (Bulakh et al. 2021 258)

Borrowed from Arabic.

• mеˁáľľеm or maˁáľľam or mеˁáľľam 1. learned man, imam; 2. professional builder
• meˁálimaʰ musicians and reciters of poetry accompanied by drum beating (awáwa) who are invited to feasts
• mеtaˁáľľеm learned man
• taˁľím instruction
• ˁáľľamat she instructed
• еtˁáľľam I will learn
• áḷḷaʰ áˁľam God knows better
• ˁaľámeʰ sign
• ˁaľamát marks, grades
• ˁiľm knowledge
• meˁáľľem teacher