mpakkal

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Cypriot Greek [Term?], from Ottoman Turkish بقال (bakkal), from Arabic بَقَّال (baqqāl).

Noun

mpakkál m

1. grocer

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 162