paxr

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَحْر (baḥr).

Noun

paxr f

1. sea
2. (figuratively) confusion, mess

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 151