pintua

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From pint +‎ -ua.

Noun

pintua f (plural pnatuδka)

1. young girl, unmarried woman
2. girlfriend

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 167