jartuna

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Cypriot Greek [Term?], from Arabic جِرْذَوْن (jirḏawn).

Noun

jartuna f (plural jartunes)

1. rat

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 185