jraype

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From the diminutive of Arabic جِرَاب (jirāb).

Noun

jraype f (plural jraypát)

1. haversack
2. bagpipe

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 185