posele

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
p-s-l
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بُصَيْلَة (buṣayla, literally small onion).

Noun[edit]

posele f (plural posíl)

  1. wine flask (originally made from a gourd)

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 159