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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic مَرَّحَ (marraḥa).
Verb
marax I (present pkyimprax)
- to clean (wheat)
Etymology 2
From Arabic مَرَخَ (maraḵa).
Verb
marax I (present pkyimprax, verbal noun marx)
- to massage
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 427