xke

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
x-k-y
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya). Doublet of xkie.

Noun[edit]

xke f

  1. verbal noun of xka: talk

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 207