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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
Inherited from Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf).
Noun
iskof m (plural skafe)
- (Christianity) bishop
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 141