xafan

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
x-f-n
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic حَفَنَ (ḥafana).

Verb[edit]

xafan I (present pkyaxfon)

  1. to clasp in the hand

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 205
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