tallil

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
t-l-l
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Aramaic [script needed] (dallīlā).

Adjective[edit]

tallíl (feminine tallíle, masculine plural tallilín)

  1. thinned out, space out
  2. diluted

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 235