taxan

Cypriot Arabic

Root
t-x-n
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَحَنَ (ṭaḥana).

Verb

taxan I (present pkyitxon) (transitive)

1. to grind

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 321