EgAr taftif تَفْتِف , yitaftif (taftafaẗ)
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√TFTF, TFː (TFF)
(EgAr) to spit or splutter while talking – BadawiHinds1986.
▪ Youssef2003 suggested that the word is from Eg tftf, Copt ṯoftef ‘to spit’. Needs further evidence.
▪ Cf. also ↗taffa.
▪ Youssef2003: from Eg tftf, Copt ṯoftef ‘to spit’
▪ Cf. also ↗TFː (TFF), ↗taffa
► taftūfaẗ, pl. tafā̆tīf, n., 1 [slang] cigarette. – 2 a small piece
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