Cypriot Arabic
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Etymology
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From Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara).
xiver I (present pkyaxvor)
- to dig
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 205