xilfan

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-l-f
3 terms

Etymology

From dialectal Arabic حَلْفَان (ḥalfān).

Adjective

xilfán (feminine xilfáne, common plural xilfanín)

1. swearing, taking an oath

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