paeδ

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-y-δ
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَيَّضَ (bayyaḍa).

Verb

paeδ II (present pipaeδ) (transitive)

1. to bleach

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 171