tipn

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تِبْن (tibn).

Noun

tipn m (plural θpunát)

1. straw, chaff

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 172