xilfe

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-l-f
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلْف (ḥalf).

Noun

xilfe f

1. 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