pircaş

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Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-r-c-ş
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْغَش (barḡaš).

Noun

pircaş m (collective, singulative pircaşe f)

  1. mosquitoes

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 156