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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Coptic ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ (halōm, “cheese”).
Noun
xallúm m (collective, singulative xallúme f)
- halloumi
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 209