Where does “pajveni” come from?

pajveni (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Cypriot Arabic payt, from Arabic بَيْت, from Proto-Semitic bayt- — house.

pajveni (Cypriot Arabic): inner room of a house

Definitions

  1. inner room of a house

Ancestry of “pajveni”, step by step

pajveni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cypriot Arabic payt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot Arabicpaythouse
2Arabicبَيْتhouse
3Proto-Semiticbayt-house

via Cypriot Arabic ar:جَوَّانِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot Arabicar:جَوَّانِيّ—
Every word from Proto-Semitic bayt- →Every word from Arabic بَيْت →Every word from Cypriot Arabic payt →