pistan

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-s-t-n
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بُسْتَان (bustān).

Noun

pistán m (plural psetín)

1. orchard, vegetable garden

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 159