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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba), أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba).
Verb
xabb I (present pixubb) (transitive)
- to love
Etymology 2
From Arabic حُبّ (ḥubb).
Noun
xabb m
- love
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 193