Cypriot Arabic edit

Root
x-p-s
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَبْس (ḥabs).

Noun edit

xaps m

  1. prison

References edit

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 193