pxil

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Cypriot Arabic

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Root
p-x-l
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic بَخِيل (baḵīl).

Adjective

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pxil (feminine pxile, common plural pxelín)

  1. stingy, tightfisted

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 152
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