Cypriot Arabic edit

Root
x-k-y
3 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya). Doublet of xkie.

Noun edit

xke f

  1. verbal noun of xka: talk

References edit

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 207