xaps

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-p-s
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَبْس (ḥabs).

Noun

xaps m

1. prison

References

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