xallek

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-l-k (shave)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَّقَ (ḥallaqa).

Verb

xallek II (present pixallek) (transitive)

1. to shave

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 209