paxur

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-x-r
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَخُور (baḵūr).

Noun

paxúr m

1. incense (from burnt olive branches)

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 152