jacan

Cypriot Arabic

Root
j-v-c
4 terms

Alternative forms

• jicán

Etymology

From Arabic جَوْعَان (jawʕān).

Adjective

jacán (feminine jacane, masculine plural jacanín)

1. hungry

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 190

Spanish

Verb

jacan

1. inflection of jaquir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative