pradd

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-r-d
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَرِيد (barīd).

Noun

pradd m (plural praddát)

1. (historical units of measurement) a unit of surface area, equivalent to 4 ştetín, that is officially 1 acre (4,046.86 m²).

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 156