pillane

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَّان (ballān).

Noun

pillane f

1. large broom made from the dry branches of wild thyme

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 166