xafan

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-f-n
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَفَنَ (ḥafana).

Verb

xafan I (present pkyaxfon)

1. to clasp in the hand

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 205