psişi

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-s-ş
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَسِيسَة (basīsa).

Noun

psişi f

1. a mixture of flour and water in which thread is soaked prior to weaving

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 158