pajveni

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From payt (“house”) +‎ Arabic جَوَّانِيّ (jawwāniyy, “inside”), literally “inner room”.

Noun[edit]

pajveni m

  1. inner room of a house

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 169
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