Cypriot Arabic
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Etymology
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From Arabic حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana).
xiδen I (present pkyaxδen) (transitive)
- to embrace
References
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- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 203