ptar

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-t-r
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بِذَار (biḏār), plural of بَذْر (baḏr).

Noun

ptar m (collective, plural pturát)

1. seeds

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 154