mpaddel

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-d-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُبَطِّل (mubaṭṭil).

Adjective

mpaddel (feminine mpaddle, common plural mpaddlín)

1. retired
2. out of action
3. tethered

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 160