xafne

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-f-n
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَفْنَة (ḥafna).

Noun

xafne f (plural xfen)

1. handful

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 205