θpaxxer

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
p-x-r
5 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic تَبَخَّرَ (tabaḵḵara).

Verb[edit]

θpaxxer V (present pkyiθpaxxer)

  1. to waft one another with the smoke of blessed olive branches

References[edit]

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 152