ġiżimin
Maltese edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian gesiminu, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from Middle Persian [script needed] (yʾsmn' /yāsaman/).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ġiżimin m (collective, singulative ġiżimina, plural ġiżiminiet)
- jasmine
- 1936, R. M. B., “Għal kull ma ħlaqtilna iċ-ċaħda trid minn’na”, in Lehen il-Malti, numbers 61-62, lines 10–12:
- ġiżimin, ġiżi, dalji u tulipan !
X’għaxqa ta’ lwien imżewqa, sbieħ, safjin !
ifuħu kollha : iżda mhux bħal xuxlin !!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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