| Scottish Word | Phonetic | Meaning | Word in Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Word | Phonetic | Meaning | Word in Context |
| zecturi | zeetery | ˈzɛtɪrɪ | numeral seven - from a sheep counting method or a children's counting rhyme - zeendie, teendy, tehtery, muhndery, baombe, hecturi, zecturi, aover, daover, dek - that's a children rhyme for sure, but all the shepherds I knew used to count all the legs of all the sheep and then divide their total by four. | |
| Zed | Sean Connery's character in the Sci-Fi 1974 film Zardos - don't bother looking it up, it has very, very, mixed reviews, I'd have to see it again to be sure if it was as poor as I thought it was at the time - 1974 was a long time ago and I was a youth. | ||
| zeendi | zeendy | zeendie | zindɪ | numeral one in a childrens counting rhyme - we used eeny, meeny, minie, moe, catch a tiger by the toe, if he roars let him go, you are it. | in context |
| zeil | zil | zeal | |
| zulu | a type of fishing boat used in the Moray Firth and a few other places. |
Scottish Words Glossary: Z from A-Z