xiver

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-v-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara).

Verb

xiver I (present pkyaxvor)

1. to dig

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 205