posele

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-s-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بُصَيْلَة (buṣayla, literally “small onion”).

Noun

posele f (plural posíl)

1. wine flask (originally made from a gourd)

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