txassen

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-s-n
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تَحَسَّنَ (taḥassana).

Verb

txassen V (present pkyitxassen)

1. to become beautiful, handsome

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 201