moxte

Cypriot Arabic

Root
w-k-t
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْقِدَة (mawqida).

Noun

moxte f

1. old-fashioned kitchen stove (for firewood)

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 468