xallum

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Coptic ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ (halōm, “cheese”).

Noun[edit]

xallúm m (collective, singulative xallúme f)

  1. halloumi

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 209
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