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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From the diminutive of Arabic جِرَاب (jirāb).
Noun
jraype f (plural jraypát)
- haversack
- bagpipe
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