Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic إِنْسَان (ʔinsān).

Noun

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intsán m (plural rjel)

  1. human being
  2. man
    Coordinate term: mara
  3. husband
    Coordinate term: mara

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 147