Cypriot Arabic edit

Root
x-δ-n
3 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana).

Verb edit

xiδen I (present pkyaxδen) (transitive)

  1. to embrace

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 203