l-imtine
Cypriot Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “the city”.
Proper noun edit
- Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)
References edit
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 426