paxxer

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-x-r
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَخَّرَ (baḵḵara).

Verb

paxxer II (present pipaxxer)

1. to bless with burnt olive branches

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 151