moδaca

Cypriot Arabic

Alternative forms

• moca

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ)

Noun

móδaca m (plural moδéci)

1. place, plot of land
2. country, fatherland

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 465