jawz

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Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَوْز (jawz).

Noun

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jawz m (collective, singulative jawze f)

  1. open pod of the cotton plant

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 190