xakura

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-k-r
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَاكُورَة (ḥākūra).

Noun

xakura f (plural xvekír)

1. cultivated plot adjoining a house

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 207