mtine

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna).

Noun

mtine f (plural mtinát)

1. city, town

Derived terms

• l-imtine

 

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 425