xke

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-k-y
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya). Doublet of xkie.

Noun

xke f

1. verbal noun of xka: talk

References

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