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ximplas

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Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَبّ الْآس (ḥabb al-ʔās).

Noun

ximplás m (collective, singulative ximplase f, plural ximplasát)

  1. myrtle

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 193

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