zill

See also: Zill

English

Alternative forms

• zil

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زل (zil).

Noun

zill (plural zills)

1. One of a set of small finger cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances.

Yola

Pronoun

zill

1. Alternative form of zil
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     zin, zey, zill (amezil), zitch

     [sun, say, self (themself), such]

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 134