txin

Cypriot Arabic

Root
t-x-n
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَحِين (ṭaḥīn).

Noun

txin m (plural txen)

1. flour

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 322