l-imtine
Appearance
Cypriot Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “the city”.
Proper noun
[edit]- Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)
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 426