marax

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
m-r-x (clean)
1 term

From Arabic مَرَّحَ (marraḥa).

Verb

marax I (present pkyimprax)

1. to clean (wheat)

Etymology 2

Root
m-r-x (massage)
2 terms

From Arabic مَرَخَ (maraḵa).

Verb

marax I (present pkyimprax, verbal noun marx)

1. 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