Etymology

zaim

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Today it means: A Turkish irregular mounted militia. Full definition →

Arabic زعيم
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromزعيم“leader”
  2. English todayzaim

From Arabic زعيم (zaʕīm, “leader”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.