payyomara

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Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology

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Partial calque of Greek παλιογυναίκα (paliogynaíka).

Noun

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payyómara f

  1. worthless woman

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 427