pitel

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-t-l
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَلَ (badala).

Verb

pitel I (present pkyiptel) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to change
2. to exchange

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 153