xlip

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-l-p
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلِيب (ḥalīb).

Noun

xlip m (plural xlep)

1. milk

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 208