payyomara

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Partial calque of Greek παλιογυναίκα (paliogynaíka).

Noun

payyómara f

1. worthless woman

References

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