marax

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Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
m-r-x (clean)
1 term

From Arabic مَرَّحَ (marraḥa).

Verb

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marax I (present pkyimprax)

  1. to clean (wheat)

Etymology 2

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Root
m-r-x (massage)
2 terms

From Arabic مَرَخَ (maraḵa).

Verb

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marax I (present pkyimprax, verbal noun marx)

  1. to massage

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 427
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