jartuna

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Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Cypriot Greek , from Arabic جِرْذَوْن (jirḏawn).

Noun

jartuna f (plural jartunes)

  1. rat

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 185