Etymology

bejel

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Today it means: Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Full definition →

Arabic بَجَل
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromبَجَل
  2. English todaybejel

Borrowed from Arabic بَجَل (bajal).

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