jayye

Cypriot Arabic

Root
j-v-y
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَوًى (jawan).

Noun

jayye f (plural jayyat)

1. bad smell, stench

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 191