Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bejel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-jel
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَجَل (bajal).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: بَجَل

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

frambesia yaws pinta

Synonyms

button scurvy sibbens njovera belesh dichuchwa

Questions

What does bejel mean?: Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
Where does bejel come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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