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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic جَوًى (jawan).
Noun
jayye f (plural jayyat)
- bad smell, stench
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 191